Background: Complex arrhythmia ablation remains a technical challenge despite advances in hardware and mapping techniques. The aim of the study was to analyse the efficacy of radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmias requiring complex electrophysiological procedures at a tertiary-care centre.
Methods: A retrospective study was done for catheter ablation of arrhythmias performed at a single centre from Aug 2012 to Nov 2016 (4 years 4 months). The standard ablation involved conventional catheters with antegrade right heart and retrograde left heart access. The procedure was considered complex, if it involved 3 D electro-anatomical (EA) guidance for mapping or required special hardware and/or trans-septal puncture.
Results: Of 333 electrophysiology (EP) cases 265 qualified for ablation. The cohort of arrhythmias requiring complex procedure (n = 94) comprised of supraventricular 15 (15.9%), atrioventricular 43 (44.7%) and ventricular 36 (38.3%). The procedure used three-dimensional EA mapping in 31; trans-septal puncture for left atrial access in 40; and use of special catheters and sheaths in all 94 procedures. The overall success in the complex group after the first procedure was 87.2% versus 88.3% (P < 0.05), and after redo procedure it was 90.4% vs 94.7% (P < 0.05). There were three complications (pericardial perforation: 2; cardioembolism: 1) only in the complex group. The fluoroscopy time for complex was longer than that of the standard procedure (25.10 ± 6.32 versus 15.23 ± 5.33 min, P = 2.54).
Conclusion: Arrhythmias requiring complex electrophysiological procedure for ablation have a comparable success rate to standard ablation procedure but at the cost of extra hardware, complications and fluoroscopy time.
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