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Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort

Axel Meissner1 ✉, Irini Stifoudi1, Peter Weismüller2, Max-Olav Schrage1, Petra Maagh1, Martin Christ1, Thomas Butz1, Hans-Joachim Trappe1, Gunnar Plehn1

1. Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
2. Department of Cardiology and Angiology, General Hospital Hagen, Germany

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Meissner A, Stifoudi I, Weismüller P, Schrage MO, Maagh P, Christ M, Butz T, Trappe HJ, Plehn G. Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. Int J Med Sci 2009; 6(1):28-36. doi:10.7150/ijms.6.28. https://www.medsci.org/v06p0028.htm
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Introduction: The ablation of supraventricular tachycardias (SVT) using radiofrequency energy (RF) is a procedure with a high primary success rate. However, there is a scarcity of data regarding the long term outcome, particularly with respect to quality of life (QoL).

Methods and Results: In this retrospective single-center study, 454 patients who underwent ablation of SVT between 2002 and 2007 received a detailed questionnaire addressing matters of QoL. The questionnaire was a modified version of the SF-36 Health Survey questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist – Frequency and Severity Scale.

After a mean follow up of 4.5±1.3 years, 309 (68.1%) of the contacted 454 patients (269 female, 59.2%, mean age 58+/-6.5) completed the questionnaire. Despite of 27% of relapses in the study group, 91.7% considered the procedure a long-term success. The remainder of patients experienced no change in (3.7%) or worsening of (4.7%) symptoms. There were no significant differences between the various types of SVT (p=1). QoL in patients with Atrio-Ventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia (AVNRT) and Atrio-Ventricular Reentry Tachycardia (AVRT) improved significantly (p<0.0005 respectively p<0.043), whereas QoL in patients with Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia (EAT) showed a non-significant trend towards improvement. Main symptoms before ablation, such as tachycardia (91.5%), increased incidence of tachycardia episodes over time (78.1%), anxiety (55.5%) and reduced physical capacity in daily life (52%) were significantly improved after ablation (p<0.0001).

Conclusion: The high acute ablation success of SVT persists for years in long term follow up and translates into a significant improvement of QoL in most patients.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Ablation, SVT, Atrium, Radio Frequency


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Meissner, A., Stifoudi, I., Weismüller, P., Schrage, M.O., Maagh, P., Christ, M., Butz, T., Trappe, H.J., Plehn, G. (2009). Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(1), 28-36. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.6.28.

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Meissner, A.; Stifoudi, I.; Weismüller, P.; Schrage, M.O.; Maagh, P.; Christ, M.; Butz, T.; Trappe, H.J.; Plehn, G. Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2009, 6 (1), 28-36. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6.28.

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Meissner A, Stifoudi I, Weismüller P, Schrage MO, Maagh P, Christ M, Butz T, Trappe HJ, Plehn G. Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. Int J Med Sci 2009; 6(1):28-36. doi:10.7150/ijms.6.28. https://www.medsci.org/v06p0028.htm

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Meissner A, Stifoudi I, Weismüller P, Schrage MO, Maagh P, Christ M, Butz T, Trappe HJ, Plehn G. 2009. Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. Int J Med Sci. 6(1):28-36.

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