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Review
. 2024 Mar;35(Suppl 1):110-117.
doi: 10.1007/s00399-024-01009-x. Epub 2024 Feb 28.

[Development of catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardias with special consideration of contributions from German engineers and electrophysiologists]

[Article in German]
Gerhard Hindricks  1 , Verena Tscholl  2 , Nikolaos Dagres  2 , Philipp Attanasio  2 , Martin Huemer  2
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Review

[Development of catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardias with special consideration of contributions from German engineers and electrophysiologists]

[Article in German]
Gerhard Hindricks et al. Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2024 Mar.

Abstract
in English, German

The development and clinical implementation of catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia is one of the outstanding achievements of modern cardiovascular treatment. Over a period of less than 40 years, a curative and safe treatment strategy for almost all forms of atrial arrhythmias has been developed and implemented. German electrophysiologists and engineers have made a significant contribution to this truly outstanding success story in modern medicine. Their contributions should be appropriately acknowledged because without them, the development of ablation technology and its worldwide dissemination would not have been possible. Both the technological contributions and the medical-electrophysiological contributions were at the absolute forefront of worldwide developments and have made a significant contribution to the fact that today more than 500,000 patients with symptomatic and/or threatening cardiac arrhythmias can be successfully treated every year by use of catheter ablation. We would like to thank them all for their achievements.

Die Entwicklung und klinische Implementierung der Katheterablation supraventrikulärer Tachykardien ist eine der herausragenden Errungenschaften moderner kardiovaskulärer Behandlung. Innerhalb von weniger als 40 Jahren ist es gelungen, für fast alle Formen von Vorhofrhythmusstörungen eine kurative und sichere Behandlungsstrategie zu entwickeln und flächendeckend zu implementieren. Deutsche Elektrophysiologen und Ingenieure haben einen wesentlichen Beitrag zu dieser wirklich herausragenden Erfolgsgeschichte in der Medizin geleistet. Diese Beiträge sollen im Kontext der zeitlichen Entwicklung dargestellt und gewürdigt werden. Ohne diese Beiträge wäre die Entwicklung der Ablationstechnologie und ihre weltweite Verbreitung nicht möglich gewesen. Sowohl die technologischen Beiträge wie auch die medizinisch-elektrophysiologischen Beiträge lagen in der absoluten Frontlinie der weltweiten Entwicklungen und haben einen wesentlichen Beitrag dazu geleistet, dass heute in jedem Jahr mehr als 500.000 Patienten mit symptomatischen und/oder bedrohlichen Herzrhythmusstörungen mithilfe der Katheterablation erfolgreich behandelt werden können. Ihnen allen sei für ihre Beiträge herzlich gedankt.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac arrhythmias; Catheter ablation; Supraventricular arrhythmias.

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