Anaesthetic management of paediatric patients undergoing electrophysiology study and ablation for supraventricular tachycardia : A focused narrative review

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Every year, 80,000-100,000 ablation procedures take place in the United States and approximately 1% of these involve paediatric patients. As the paediatric population undergoing catheter ablation to treat dysrhythmia is constantly growing, involvement of anaesthesiologists in the cardiac electrophysiology laboratory is simultaneously increasing. Compared with the adult population, paediatric patients need deeper sedation or general anaesthesia (GA) to guarantee motionlessness and preserve comfort. As a result, the anaesthesiologist working in this setting should keep in mind heart physiopathology as well as possible interactions between anaesthetic drugs and arrhythmia. In fact, drug-induced suppression of accessory pathways (APs) conduction capacity is a major concern for completing a successful electrophysiology study (EPS). Nevertheless, the literature on this topic is scarce and the optimal type of anaesthesia in EPS and ablation procedures in children is still controversial. Thus, the main goal of the present review is to collect the literature published so far on the effects on cardiac conduction tissue of the drugs commonly employed for sedation/GA in the cath lab for EPS and ablation procedures to treat supraventricular tachycardia in patients aged <18 years.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical anesthesia - 93(2024) vom: 31. März, Seite 111361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Monaco, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
D'Andria Ursoleo, Jacopo [VerfasserIn]
Lerose, Caterina Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Barucco, Gaia [VerfasserIn]
Licheri, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Della Bella, Paolo Emilio [VerfasserIn]
Fioravanti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Gulletta, Simone [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ablation
Anaesthesia
Anesthetics
Electrophysiology study
Journal Article
Paediatric patients
Review
Sedation
Supraventricular tachycardia

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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111361

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NLM366088947