OBJECTIVE: To assess the changes in quality of life, @entity943 symptoms, and hospital resource utilisation following catheter ablation of typical @entity956 . DESIGN: @entity1 questionnaire to compare the time interval following ablation with a similar time interval before ablation. SETTING: Tertiary referral centre. @entity1 : 63 consecutive @entity1 were studied. Four @entity1 subsequently underwent an ablate and pace procedure, two died of co-morbid illnesses, and two were lost to follow up. The remaining 55 @entity1 form the basis of the report. RESULTS: @entity1 were followed for a mean (SD) of 12 (9.5) months. @entity956 resulted in an improvement in quality of life (3.8 v 2.5, p < 0.001) and reductions in symptom frequency score (2.0 v 3.5, p < 0.001) and symptom severity score (2.0 v 3.8, p < 0.001) compared with preablation values. There was a reduction in the number of @entity1 visiting accident and emergency departments (11% v 53%, p < 0.001), requiring cardioversion (7% v 51%, p < 0.001), or being admitted to hospital for a rhythm problem (11% v 56%, p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis confirmed that @entity1 with @entity956 and concomitant @entity955 before ablation and those with @entity956 both derived significant benefit from @entity956 . @entity1 with concomitant @entity955 had an improvement in quality of life (3.5 v 2.5, p < 0.001) and reductions in symptom frequency score (2.3 v 3.5, p < 0.001) and symptom severity score (2.2 v 3.7, p < 0.001) compared with preablation values. CONCLUSIONS: Ablation of @entity956 is recommended both in @entity1 with @entity956 and in those with concomitant @entity955 .

Symptomatic improvement after radiofrequency catheter ablation for typical XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'Patient'] @entity943 :: ('MESH:D001145', 'Disease') :: ['arrhythmia'] @entity956 :: ('MESH:D001282', 'Disease') :: ['Atrial flutter ablation', 'atrial flutter ablation', 'atrial flutter', 'atrial flutter alone'] @entity955 :: ('MESH:D001281', 'Disease') :: ['atrial fibrillation']
@entity956 :: (MESH:D001282,Disease) :: ['atrial flutter']
