Catheter ablations of cardiac arrhytmias in Czech republic: contemporary state

Overview

In the Czech Republic, the catheter ablations of arrhythmia have been made since 1983, with the use of radiofrequency energy since 1992. Since 1997 the operations are filed in the ablation registry. In 2005, totally 13 centres for adult and 2 centres for child patients made ablations. There have been made totally 2,770 ablations this year, almost 2/3 of them were made for atrial flutter and for atrioventricular (AV) nodal re-entry tachycardia. The number of ablations for atrial fibrillation is increasing; the operations are made for almost all arrhythmia types. In connection with it, the new technologies are used more frequently, especially the ablation and map catheters, ablation energies, 3D mapping methods and also imaging methods.

Keywords:
catheter ablation of arrhythmia – radiofrequency energy – ablation registry – mapping methods – imaging methods