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Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies And Ablations For Treatment Of Supraventricular Arrhythmias--An Initial Experience From Karachi, Azam Shafquat, Aamer Imdad, Salman Khalid, Syed Zahid Jamal
Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies And Ablations For Treatment Of Supraventricular Arrhythmias--An Initial Experience From Karachi, Azam Shafquat, Aamer Imdad, Salman Khalid, Syed Zahid Jamal
Section of Cardiology
OBJECTIVES: To review the clinical experience, complications and outcome of Cardiac Electrophysiology Studies and Catheter Radiofrequency Ablation in treatment of supraventricular tachycardias in Karachi.
METHODS: A retrospective review of records of all patients who underwent an electrophysiological study and radiofrequency ablation at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Aga Khan University Hospital from 2005 to 2007 was performed. Patient's demographics, disease and procedural data were collected and analyzed using SPSS.V.II.
RESULTS: We enrolled 168 patients, 150 (89%) from National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and 18 (11%) from Aga Khan University Hospital. Sample had 86 (51%) male participants. The mean age …