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September 15, 2004New England Journal of Medicine219 citationsOpen Access

Radiofrequency Ablation in Children with Asymptomatic Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome

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Why the study?

Does prophylactic radiofrequency catheter ablation reduce the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias in asymptomatic, high-risk children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?

Population

Asymptomatic, high-risk children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Authors

CPCarlo PapponeFMFrancesco MangusoRSRaffaéle Santinelli

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Overview

May support ablation by experienced operators in high-risk pediatric WPW; leaves open need for randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does prophylactic radiofrequency catheter ablation reduce the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias in asymptomatic, high-risk children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?

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Population
Asymptomatic, high-risk children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
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Intervention
Prophylactic radiofrequency catheter ablation
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Outcome
Life-threatening arrhythmiashard clinical

Prophylactic radiofrequency ablation reduces the risk of life-threatening arrhythmias in asymptomatic, high-risk children with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Cite This Study

Pappone et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a5b5e86971bccf1268c8ddhttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa040625
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