Re-entrant Atrioventricular Tachycardia, Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry
Conditions
Keywords
AVNRT, AVRT, WPW
Brief summary
Atrioventricular nodal reciprocating tachycardia (AVNRT) and atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT) are two similar supraventricular re-entry tachycardias (SVT) emerging in relatively young age in patients without apparent structural heart disease or significant comorbidities. The treatment of choice in those patients is radiofrequency ablation (RFA). The PPRA study is a prospective observational study developed to thoroughly analyze quality of life, utility and willingness-to-pay of Polish patients undergoing RF ablation of AVNRT or AVRT. Based on collected data the investigators will prepare a profile of patient who will benefit most from radiofrequency ablation and who should be scheduled in first place for the ablation in case of problems with accessibility to this service. What is more an analysis of medical and indirect costs of care will be performed.
Interventions
PROCEDURERFA
radiofrequency ablation of slow pathway or accesory pathway
Sponsors
National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Written informed consent 2. Age above 18 3. Scheduled RFA due to AVNRT or AVRT 4. Sufficient knowledge of the Polish language to independently complete the questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
1. No written informed consent 2. Health states significantly impairing QoL (eg. stroke, advanced heart failure)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) | two months | Mean score of Patient Perception of Arrhythmia Questionnaire (PPAQ) - a disease-specific QoL questionnaire for patients suffering from supraventricular tachycardia translated and validated according to ISPOR (International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) guidelines |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Utility of health state | two months | Mean score of EQ-5D - a generic questionnaire measuring a health state utility (official Polish translation) |
| Medical and indirect cost | one year | Cross-sectional data gathered using original questionnaire designed to measure medical and indiresct costs related to arrhythmia incurred during a year preceding RFA |
| Willingness-to-pay | one day | a cross-sectional willingness-to-pay questionnaire studying hypothetical situation where RFA was not financed by Polish Health Fund |
| Effectiveness | two days | Data on medical history, final diagnosis, outcome of treatment, safety and future recommendations |
Countries
Poland
Outcome results
None listed