PMID: 18717217Aug 23, 2008Paper

National Registry on Cardiac Electrophysiology--2006

Revista Portuguesa De Cardiologia : Orgão Oficial Da Sociedade Portuguesa De Cardiologia = Portuguese Journal of Cardiology : an Official Journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology
Manuel Nogueira da SilvaDirecção da APAPE

Abstract

Clinical electrophysiology is one of the areas of cardiology that has seen most growth in Portugal, particularly in interventional cardiology, which includes ablation of arrhythmias and prevention of sudden cardiac death. The annual publication of a national registry enables us to assess qualitative and quantitative progress, compare our results with international data, assess the centers' training capabilities and inform health authorities of the activities and needs of the sector. The authors analyze the number and type of procedures performed during 2006 based on a survey sent to 19 national centers (15 public and 4 private) that performed diagnostic and interventional electrophysiology (15 centers) and/or implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) (19 centers) in that year. The number of electrophysiology centers remained unchanged from 2005, but four new centers began implanting ICDs in 2006. In the year under review, 1805 electrophysiological studies were performed, 75.3% of which were followed by ablation therapy, a total of 1360 ablation procedures (a 22.3% increase over the previous year). Accessory pathways were the main indication for ablation (32%), followed by atrial flutter (25%), atrioventricular nodal reentran...Continue Reading

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