title: The experience with transcatheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in Puertorican adults.
abstract: Data of the transcatheter radio frequency ablations for patients with supraventricular tachycardia conducted in Puerto Rico is presented. One group includes the first 100 patients performed from September 1994 to March 1997 at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and the Second group includes 157 ablations done in the year 2003. Ablations performed in the different types of supraventricular tachycardias is analyzed including success rates and complications. Results are compared to those reported in the 1998 NASPE registry. The results obtained demonstrated a high successful rate of procedures with minimal complications in both series of patients. One procedure related death occurred in the 2003 year group and none in the earlier group.
authors.affiliation: Electrophysiology Section, Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.
authors.forename: José O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: García-Burgos
authors.forename: Raul A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: Caleb
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mercado
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Delgado-Osorio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011647:Puerto Rico; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome