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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 7, Pages 1096-1103Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.12.048
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OBJECTIVES We investigated the safety and efficacy of cryoablation in the treatment of pediatric patients with accessory pathways (APs) located near the atrioventricular junction and with atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT). BACKGROUND Few studies concern cryoablation in a significant number of pediatric patients involving treatment for supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) with the reentry circuit located near the atrioventricular junction. METHODS Twenty-six pediatric patients (age range: 5 to 20 years) were treated; 14 had AVNRT, 10 had WolfF-Parkinson-White syndrome, and 2 had re-entrant SVT due to a concealed AP. Electrophysiologic study was performed with diagnostic catheters, and cryoablations were performed with a 7-F 4-mm-tip catheter (Freezor, CryoCath Technologies Inc., Kirkland, Canada). Cryomapping, used to identify the tissue site for safe arrhythmia ablation, was performed at -30 degrees C for a maximum of 60 s. Cryoablations were from 4 to 8 min long at -75 degrees C. Acute end points were noninducibility of AVNRT by programmed atrial stimulation at baseline or during isoproterenol performed 30 min after procedure, as wen as noninducibility and conduction block over the AP. The chronic end point was arrhythmia recurrence after intervention. RESULTS No permanent cryo-related complications or adverse outcomes were reported. Twenty-four (92%) patients were acutely successful. During follow-up (range: 1 to 22 months), seven (29%) acutely successful pediatric patients experienced arrhythmia recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Acute results demonstrate cryoablation of SVTs with the reentry circuit located near the atrioventricular junction to be safe and efficacious in pediatric patients. However, the etiology of recurrences reported after intervention need further investigation. (c) 2005 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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