Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2024; 121(1): e20230850
Images Complement Words: Absence of Progression of Myocardial and Coronary Artery Injury in School-Age Children Undergoing Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Jorge Elias Neto
, Márcio Augusto Silva
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Myocardial Injury Progression after Radiofrequency Ablation in School-Age Children".
Not even the biggest enthusiasts among cardiologists could predict, at the end of the 1980s, the impact that catheter ablation would have on the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Since its advent, evidence, and clinical experience have accumulated that allow to affirm its effectiveness in the treatment of the most varied forms of cardiac tachyarrhythmias in individuals of all age groups.–
Particularly in the pediatric population, these perspectives have gradually shifted from the use of catheter ablation only in cases of drug-refractory arrhythmia to a first-line treatment and patient/parent preference.,- However, this generalization raises the question of whether it is appropriate to adopt a technique into clinical practice in the absence of animal or human data that sufficiently demonstrates both its safety and efficacy in immature organs.,
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Keywords: Catheter Ablation; Pediatrics; Safety
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