Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2009 6 28 International Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 6 1 28-36 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort Axel Meissner1 H Irini Stifoudi1 Peter Weismuller2 Max-Olav Schrage1 Petra Maagh1 Martin Christ1 Thomas Butz1 Hans-Joachim Trappe1 Gunnar Plehn1 1. Department of Cardiology and Angiology Ruhr-University Bochum Germany 2. Department of Cardiology and Angiology General Hospital Hagen Germany ISI Correspondence to Dr. med. Axel Meissner Medizinische Klinik II Schwerpunkte Kardiologie und Angiologie Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Holkeskampring 40 44625 Herne. Tel 02323-499-1600 Fax 02323-499-301 e-mail axel. meissner@ Received Accepted Published Abstract Introduction The ablation of supraventricular tachycardias SVT using radiofrequency energy RF is a procedure with a high primary success rate. However there is a scarcity of data regarding the long term outcome particularly with respect to quality of life QoL . Methods and Results In this retrospective single-center study 454 patients who underwent ablation of SVT between 2002 and 2007 received a detailed questionnaire addressing matters of QoL. The questionnaire was a modified version of the SF-36 Health Survey questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist - Frequency and Severity Scale. After a mean follow up of years 309 of the contacted 454 patients 269 female mean age 58 completed the questionnaire. Despite of 27 of relapses in the study group considered the procedure a long-term success. The remainder of patients experienced no change in or worsening of symptoms. There were no significant differences between the various types of SVT p 1 . QoL in patients with Atrio-Ventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia AVNRT