PMID: 20642100Jul 21, 2010Paper

Quality of life after RF ablation of reentrant supraventricular tachycardias and ventricular ectopic beats in own observation

Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Jacek LelakowskiMariusz Kafara

Abstract

To assess the quality of life (QoL) in patients who underwent RF reentrant supraventricular tachycardias and ventricular ectopic beats ablation. The study group consisted of 70 patients, 21 male, mean age 39.5 +/- 8.3 y. with supraventricular tachycardias (AVNRT, AVRT) and ventricular ectopic beats (VEB) treated with RF catheter ablation. The indications for the procedure were: nodal reentry tachycardia (group A n=24), WPW syndrome (group B n=24) and ventricular ectopic beats (group C n=22). Quality of life was prospectively evaluated. All the patients completed self-administered questionnaire (SF-36), disease--specific symptoms scale (Manolisa) and exercise capacity (DASI) before and 6 months after ablation. Scores were compared with t-Student test. In all study population significant improvement in QOL was found after ablation. The improvement was significant in all eight subscales of SF-36 scale. The patients reported significant improvement as assessed by disease-specific symptoms scale and exercise capacity. Before ablation, role limitations (subscales 2 of SF-36) and exercise capacity were lower in WPW patients as compared to remaining patientss (63.5 vs. 31.3, p < 0.005 and 52.9 vs. 46.1, p < 0.05; group B vs. group A) a...Continue Reading

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