European Pediatric Catheter Ablation Registry (EUROPA)

A.O. Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiac Arrhythmias

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01691573

EU01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the European Pediatric Catheter Ablation Registry is to collect data on ablation procedures in the European pediatric population in order to improve the management of this subset of patients.

Full description

Catheter ablation has revolutionized the management of cardiac arrhythmias in patients and has become first-line therapy for managing many pediatric patients with atrioventricular accessory pathway or atrioventricular nodal-mediated supraventricular tachycardia.

Cardiac ablation in children is not a standardized procedure as in adults as evidence gaps still have to be filled. On a European perspective, lack of a dedicated scientific society has limited so far the collection and sharing of data among the most experienced centers.

Actually there are no sufficient data available about the management of pediatric patients undergoing ablation in clinical practice, in particular regarding indications, methodology and clinical follow-up.

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients scheduled to any kind of an ablation procedure;
• Patient´s age between 0 and 18 years;
• Legal guardians understand the nature of the procedure, are willing to comply with study follow-up evaluations, and provide written informed consent prior to the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient unable to comply with follow-up schedule;
• Patient has medical conditions that preclude protocol compliance or limit study participation;
• Legal guardian or patient unwilling or unable to provide informed consent.