Long-term results of paediatric radiofrequency catheter ablation: a population-based study.

Aims: We aimed to evaluate long-term utilization and results of paediatric radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) in a population-based study.

Methods And Results: Data from all three centres performing paediatric RFCA for the whole population of the Czech Republic between 1993 and 2010 were retrospectively reviewed. A total of 708 ablation procedures in 633 consecutive patients <18 years for 716 different substrates were tracked, with accessory pathways = 439 (61.