title: Spanish Catheter Ablation Registry. 13th Official Report of the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias (2013).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This report presents the results of the 2013 Spanish Catheter Ablation Registry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected using 2 systems: retrospectively by completing a dedicated form and prospectively by reporting to a central database. Each participating center chose 1 of the 2 data collection methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty centers voluntarily contributed data to the registry. A total of 11 987 ablation procedures were performed, with a mean (standard deviation) of 149 (105) procedures per center. The 3 main arrhythmic substrates treated were atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (n=2959; 24.6%), cavotricuspid isthmus ablation (n=2700; 22.5%), and atrial fibrillation (n=2201; 18.4%). The number of ventricular ablation procedures was similar to the 2012 activity, but there was a slight increase in procedures for scar-related postmyocardial infarction ventricular tachycardia. The success rate was 94.4%, major complications occurred in 1.8%, and the mortality rate was 0.03%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In line with previous reports, the data from the 2013 registry show a continuing increase in the number of ablations performed. Overall, there was a high success rate and few complications. Ablation of complex substrates has continued to increase.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: angelferrero@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrero de Loma-Osorio
authors.affiliation: Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gil-Ortega
authors.affiliation: Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Alonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pedrote-Martínez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery; D002309:Cardiology; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000601:surgery; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Ablación con catéter; Arrhythmia; Arritmia; Catheter ablation; Electrofisiología; Electrophysiology; Registro; Registry