Long term prognosis in patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia.

ABSTRACT: Various forms of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) occur in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). Despite the high efficacy of radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for SVT, insufficient data exist regarding patients with PH. Thirty SVTs in 23 PH patients (age 47 [35-60] years; mean pulmonary artery pressure 44 [32-50] mmHg) were analyzed. Procedural success rate, short- and long-term clinical outcomes, were evaluated during a median follow-up of 5.1 years. Single-procedure success rate was 83%; 94% (17/18) in typical atrial flutter, 73% (8/11) in atrial tachycardia (AT), and 100% (1/1) in atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. Antiarrhythmic drugs, serum brain natriuretic peptide levels and number of hospitalizations significantly decreased after RFCA than that befor

SUBMITTER: Kamada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8355112 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature