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Catheter ablation of arrhythmias in some European countries: Toy or tool?
Author(s) -
Toniolo Mauro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/pace.14148
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter ablation , ablation , cardiac electrophysiology , catheter , quality (philosophy) , cardiac ablation , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , cardiology , electrophysiology , surgery , philosophy , epistemology
In the last decades, catheter ablation of arrhythmias is rapidly evolving in Europe. Despite the high number of procedures performed, in some European countries, both the organization of the electrophysiology labs and the training of clinical electrophysiologists are still not completely effective and not in line with the standard recommendations of National Electrophysiology Societies. For these reasons, it is probably desirable for arrhythmia sections to become independent units in order to assure high quality and safety standards.