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European Heart Journal 1992 13(10):1329-1338;
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Catheter ablation of free wall accessory atrioventricular pathways in 89 patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome-comparison of direct current and radiofrequency ablation

S.-A. CHEN, W.-P. TSANG, C.-P. HSIA, D.-C. WANG, C.-E. CHIANG, H.-I YEH, J.-W CHEN, C.-E. CHIANG, H.-I YEH, J.-W. CHEN, C.-T. TING, C.-W. KONG, S.-P. WANG, B.-N. CHIANG and M.-S. CHANG

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei and Taipei Veterans General Hospital-Taipei Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 2 December 1991; revised 6 April 1992; .

Correspondence. Shih-Ann Chen, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, 201 Sec 2. Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Abstract

To evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of catheter-mediated direct current (DC) or radio frequency (RF) ablation in patients with free wall accessory atrioventricular pathways, 89 patients with free wall accessory atrioventricular pathway (AP)-mediated tachyarrhythmias underwent catheter ablation. Electrophysiological parameters were similar in the patients with DC (group I, 29 patients with 30 APs) or RF (group II, 60 patients with 64 APs) ablation. Immediately after ablation, it was seen that 27 of 30 APs (90%) had been ablated successfully with DC, but two ofthe 27 APs hadearly return of conduction and received a second ablation session; three of eight APs (38%) and 53 of 56 APs (95%) were ablated successfully with RF through a small-tip (2 mm) and a large-tip (4 mm) electrode catheter, respectively. Seven of the eight A Ps who had a failed RF ablation later had a successful DC ablation. During the follow-up (group I, 14 to 27; group II, 8 to 14 months), all successfully ablated patients had no recurrence of tachycardia. Complications in DC ablation included transient hypotension (two patients), and pulmonary air-trapping (two patients); in RF ablation the complications included cardiac tamponade (I patient) and suspicious aortic dissection (1 patient); myocardial injury (reflected by peak CK-MB, 34 ±5 vs 15 ±4 IU . I–1) and pro-arrhythmic effects (new atrial and ventricular arrhythmias) were more severe in those who had DC ablation. Procedure and radiation exposure time were significantly longer in RF ablation (DC, 3·6 ±0·2 h, 34±4 min; RF4·0±0·4 h, 46±10 min). This study confirms that RF ablation with a large-tip electrode catheter is an effective and relatively safe non-surgical method for treatment of free wall accessory atrioventricular pathway-mediated tachyarrhythmias.

Key Words: Catheter ablation • direct current • radiofrequency • free wall accessory atrioventricular pathway


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