Radiofrequency catheter ablation in children with supraventricular tachycardias: intermediate term follow up results

MM Hafez, MM Abu-Elkheir, M Shokier… - Clinical Medicine …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The Purpose of the Study Radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation represents an important
advance in the management of children with cardiac arrhythmias and has rapidly become …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation therapy in the young: current status

T Kriebel, M Kroll, T Paul - Expert Review of Cardiovascular …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Since 1989, when radiofrequency ablation was introduced into clinical practice for pediatric
patients with supraventricular tachycardias, radiofrequency catheter ablation techniques …

Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia

GF Van Hare, H Javitz, D Carmelli, JP Saul, RE Tanel… - Heart Rhythm, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: A multicenter prospective study was performed to assess the results and risks
associated with radiofrequency ablation in children. This report focuses on recurrences …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of tachycardia in children with and without congenital heart disease: indications and limitations

MH Wu, JL Lin, LP Lai, ML Young, CW Lu… - International journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
From 1993 to 1998, a total of 100 consecutive pediatric patients with tachycardia (45 male
and 55 female, aged 1 year 10 months to 17 years, 11±4 year) who underwent …

Through the looking glass: 10-year-single centre experience in cardiac electrophysiology and radiofrequency ablation

P Bharadwaj, R Datta, S Sofat, H Madan… - medical journal armed …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Radiofrequency catheter ablation is an emerging curative modality of treatment
for several types of cardiac arrhythmias. The aim of our study was to evaluate our …

Catheter ablation in paediatric arrhythmias

C Wren - Archives of disease in childhood, 1999 - adc.bmj.com
The introduction of catheter ablation in the early 1990s was a major step forward in the
management of arrhythmias. Before that most children were controlled with long term drug …

Radiofrequency current catheter ablation for control of supraventricular arrhythmias

S GÜRSOY, M Schlüter… - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in SVT. With the advent of radiofrequency energy,
catheter ablation techniques have become an accepted form of treatment for a variety of …

The learning curve for radiofrequency ablation of tachyarrhythmias in pediatric patients

DA Danford, JD Kugler, B Deal, C Case… - The American journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
The results of radiofrequency ablation for treatment of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias
have been reported to improve with increasing experience; however, the precise nature of …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation: the effect of electrode size on lesion volume in vivo

JJ Langberg, MA Lee, MC Chin… - Pacing and Clinical …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Radiofrequency current is a promising alternative to high voltage direct current defibrillator
discharges for catheter ablation of arrhythmias. However, lesions produced with …

Radiofrequency catheter ablation in infants≤ 18 months old: when is it done and how do they fare?: short-term data from the pediatric ablation registry

AD Blaufox, GL Felix, JP Saul… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The objective of this study was to determine the indications, the safety, and the
efficacy of pediatric radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in infants. Methods and Results …