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Swiss National Registry on catheter ablation procedures: changing trends over the last 20 years

Published inJournal of clinical medicine, vol. 10, no. 14, 3021
Publication date2021-07-07
First online date2021-07-07
Abstract

The Swiss Ablation Registry provides a national database for electrophysiologic studies and catheter ablations. We analyzed the database to provide an in-depth look at changing trends over the last 20 years. During the study period a total of 78622 catheter ablations (age 61.0 ± 1.2 years; 63.7% male) were performed in 29 centers. The number of ablations increased by approximately ten-fold in 20 years. Ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) was the main driver behind this increase, with more than hundred-fold (39.7% of all ablations in 2019). Atrioventricular-nodal-reentrant-tachycardia (AVNRT) and accessory pathways, being the main indications for ablation in 2000 (44.1%/25.1%, respectively), made up of only a small proportion (15.2%/3.5%,) respectively in 2019. Fluoroscopy, ablation, and procedure durations were reduced for all ablations over time. The highest repeat ablations were performed for ventricular tachycardia and AF (24.4%/24.3%). The majority of ablations (63.0%) are currently performed in private hospitals and non-university public hospitals whereas university hospitals had dominated (82.4%) at the turn of the century. A pronounced increase in the number of catheter ablations in Switzerland was accompanied by a marked decrease in fluoroscopy, ablation, and procedure durations. We observed a shift toward more complex procedures in older patients with comorbidities.

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Keywords
  • Catheter ablation
  • Clinical outcome
  • Electrophysiology
  • National registry
  • Quality assurance
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MOLITOR, Nadine et al. Swiss National Registry on catheter ablation procedures: changing trends over the last 20 years. In: Journal of clinical medicine, 2021, vol. 10, n° 14, p. 3021. doi: 10.3390/jcm10143021
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