German Ablation Quality-Register

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this register is the documentation of the success as well as of the complications regarding interventional therapy of cardiac arrhythmia by catheter ablation. This is the necessary basis for quality management and development of possible improvements of catheter ablation.

Detailed Description
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The interventional therapy of heartbeat disturbances by means of catheter ablation makes the curative treatment possible of numerous tachycardiac arrhythmics. By this crucial improvement of the supply of patients and its quality of life a genuine healing of a multiplicity of heartbeat disturbances became possible. Especially within the range of the ablation treatment there are relatively few con-trolled studies, which would give a broad collection of the results of the catheter ablation in the different indication areas. Aim of the registry: Documentation of indication, hospital course and complications during long term follow-up of patients with catheter ablation Design: Prospective, multicenter registry; FU-duration 12 months. Duration: Phase I: 2 years Inclusion criteria: Catheter ablation (intention to treat) Exclusion criteria: Missing declaration of consent

Official Title
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Deutsches Ablations-Qualitätsregister

Conditions
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Arrhythmia

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: The ablation register will include all consecutive patients with a performed or attempted electrophysiological ablation Exclusion Criteria: Missing signed informed consent
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Characterize consecutive patients with electrophysiological ablation in daily hospital routine in Germany. |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Documentation of the technical implementation of ablation and the success of the intervention |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of further necessary interventions after the initial ablation during hospital stay |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of hospital mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, resuscitation), and complications caused by bleedings (serious as well as moderate) |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of medication therapy at hospital discharge |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of the 1-year mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, resuscitation), of heavy bleedings, of phrenicus pareses, PV-stenoses, or fistulas |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of the absence of relapse and of symptomatology after one year |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of needed interventions (implantation of either pacemaker, ICD or CRT, revascularization, a further ablation) during the first year after ablation |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of hospitalizations during the first year after ablation |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 
| Documentation of medication therapy after 12 months |  | 01/06/2008-12/31/2011 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cardiac arrhythmia, Catheter ablation, Register