Electrophysiology Outcomes :: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Electrophysiology Featured Success

  • Our success rate for ablation of documented supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is 98%, exceeding the national average.

Electrophysiology Quality Outcomes

Tachycardia-free 1 year sp successful ablation for documented re-entrant SVT:

  • 92% 12-month follow-up for 2009

Procedural volumes in 2008 and 2009 included:

  • 30,739 Electrocardiograms
  • 2,126 Holter monitors
  • 937 Exercise stress tests
  • 813 Transtelephonic monitors
  • 546 Total device patients followed
  • 137 Interventional electrophysiology cases
  • 81 Electrophysiology studies (intracardiac and transesophageal)
  • 35 Tilt table tests
  • 30 Cardioversions

Device implantation:

  • 74 Pacemakers (36 new / 38 replacement)
  • 24 ICD (22 new / 2 replacement)
 
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