Outcomes of Atrial Arrhythmia Surgery in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background The improved life expectancy of patients with congenital heart disease is often accompanied by the development of atrial tachyarrhythmias. Similarly, the number of patients requiring redo operations is expected to continue to rise as these patients are aging. Consequently, the role of arrhythmia surgery in the treatment of atrial arrhythmias is likely to become more important in this population. Although atrial arrhythmia surgery is a well-established part of Fontan conversion procedures, evidence-based recommendations for arrhythmia surgery for macroreentrant atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation in other patients with congenital heart disease are still lacking. Methods and Results Twenty-eight studies were included in this systematic review. The median reported arrhythmia

SUBMITTER: Houck CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature