Quality of Life in Patients Post Radiofrequency Ablation

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation, Quality of Life, Arrhythmia

In brief

Radiofrequency ablation is a procedure done in the Catheterization Laboratory to help correct specific problems that cause the heart to beat faster than it should. Quality of life includes the physical as well as the emotional aspects of a patient. Doctors have always tried to take care of a medical problem with minimal physical and emotional risk. It is assumed that once the medical problem is fixed, the patient will have an improved quality of life. To know if this assumption is true, the investigators are asking children scheduled for this procedure, along with their family, to answer questions before the ablation, then answer the same questions 5-6 months after the ablation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00165997

Run by

Emory University

People needed

50

Starts

2004-02-01

Expected to finish

2007-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-12-10

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 5-18 years of age
• English is the primary language
• Scheduled for an ablation at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
• Normally structured heart

You may not qualify if…

• Congenital heart defect
• English is not the primary language
• Children with significant neurocognitive deficits as determined by the investigator

Where it is running

• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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