Daniel Rodriguez Muñoz, Javier Ramos Jimenez, Álvaro Marco Del Castillo, Cristina Lozano Granero, Arcadio García Alberola, Diego Jiménez Sánchez, Clara Guntúriz Beltrán, Pablo Ramos Ruiz, Miguel Ángel Arias, Bruna DI Nubila, Andrés Betancur, Esteban González Torrecilla, Paolo Dallaglio, Pau Alonso Fernández, Hebert David Ayala More, Sofía Calero, Giuseppe Lumia, Ricardo Salgado Aranda, Carla Lázaro Rivera, Moisés Rodríguez Mañero, Ahsan Syed, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Rafael Salguero-Bodes
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with palpitations clinically suggestive of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) are often managed conservatively until ECG-documentation of the tachycardia, leading to high impact on life quality and healthcare resource utilisation. We evaluated results of electrophysiological study (EPS), and ablation when appropriate, among these patients, with special focus on gender differences in management. METHODS: BELIEVE SVT is a European multi-centre, retrospective registry in tertiary hospitals performing EPS in patients with palpitations, without ECG-documentation of tachycardia or preexcitation, and considered highly suggestive of PSVT by a cardiologist or cardiac electrophysiologist...
November 30, 2023: American Heart Journal