Arrhythmia
Conditions
Keywords
Cardiac arrhythmia, Catheter ablation, Register
Brief summary
The goal of this register is the documentation of the success as well as of the complications regarding interventional therapy of cardiac arrhythmia by catheter ablation. This is the necessary basis for quality management and development of possible improvements of catheter ablation.
Detailed description
The interventional therapy of heartbeat disturbances by means of catheter ablation makes the curative treatment possible of numerous tachycardiac arrhythmics. By this crucial improvement of the supply of patients and its quality of life a genuine healing of a multiplicity of heartbeat disturbances became possible. Especially within the range of the ablation treatment there are relatively few con-trolled studies, which would give a broad collection of the results of the catheter ablation in the different indication areas. Aim of the registry: Documentation of indication, hospital course and complications during long term follow-up of patients with catheter ablation Design: Prospective, multicenter registry; FU-duration 12 months. Duration: Phase I: 2 years Inclusion criteria: Catheter ablation (intention to treat) Exclusion criteria: Missing declaration of consent
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Stiftung Institut fuer Herzinfarktforschung
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* The ablation register will include all consecutive patients with a performed or attempted electrophysiological ablation
Exclusion criteria
* Missing signed informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Characterize consecutive patients with electrophysiological ablation in daily hospital routine in Germany. | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Documentation of further necessary interventions after the initial ablation during hospital stay | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of hospital mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, resuscitation), and complications caused by bleedings (serious as well as moderate) | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of medication therapy at hospital discharge | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of the 1-year mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, resuscitation), of heavy bleedings, of phrenicus pareses, PV-stenoses, or fistulas | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of the technical implementation of ablation and the success of the intervention | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of needed interventions (implantation of either pacemaker, ICD or CRT, revascularization, a further ablation) during the first year after ablation | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of hospitalizations during the first year after ablation | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of medication therapy after 12 months | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
| Documentation of the absence of relapse and of symptomatology after one year | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed