Spanish Catheter Ablation Registry. 12th Official Report of the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias (2012).
OBJECTIVE
This article presents the findings of the 2012 Spanish Catheter Ablation Registry.


METHODS
Data were collected in 2 ways: retrospectively using a standardized questionnaire, and prospectively using a central database. Each participating center selected its own preferred method of data collection.


RESULTS
Seventy-four Spanish centers voluntarily contributed data to the survey. A total of 11 042 ablation procedures were analyzed, averaging 149 (103) per center. The 3 main conditions treated were atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (n=2842; 25.7%), cavotricuspid isthmus (n=2485; 23%), and accessory pathways (n=1999; 18%). Atrial fibrillation was the fourth most common substrate treated (n=1852; 17%), representing a slight increase. The number of ventricular arrhythmia ablation procedures was similar to that of 2011, but there was a decrease in procedures for ventricular tachycardia associated with postinfarction scarring. The overall success rate was 94.9%, major complications occurred in 1.9%, and the overall mortality rate was 0.04%.


CONCLUSIONS
Data from the 2012 registry show that the number of ablations performed continued to increase. Overall, they also show a high success rate and a low number of complications. Ablation of complex substrates continued to increase, particularly in the case of atrial fibrillation.
Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: angelferrero@hotmail.com.
Ángel
Á
Ferrero de Loma-Osorio
Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain.
Ernesto
E
Díaz-Infante
Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain.
Alfonso
A
Macías Gallego
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
AP; AVNRT; Ablación con catéter; Arrhythmia; Arritmia; CTI; Catheter ablation; Electrofisiología; Electrophysiology; FAT; IVT; Registro; Registry; VT-AMI; accessory pathway; atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; cavotricuspid isthmus; focal atrial tachycardia; idiopathic ventricular tachycardia; ventricular tachycardia associated with postinfarction scar