Tag: ventricular tachycardia ablation
Noninvasive radioablation: Radiotherapy shows 99.9% VT burden reduction
A small study by Phillip S Cuculich (Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA) et al has shown that radiation therapy, commonly used...
Relevance of imaging for ventricular tachycardia ablation
Cardiac imaging has emerged as an integral part of mapping and ablation in a variety of complex arrhythmias. Advances in imaging techniques, especially the...
Radiofrequency catheter ablation shows benefits for recurrent ventricular tachycardia patients
A prospective, multicentre study—THERMOCOOL VT—analysing a cohort of non-randomised patients, published in February in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, has shown...
Ventricular tachycardia ablation in Chagas disease
Guilherme Fenelon (Sao Paulo, Brazil) overviews the role of ablation of ventricular tachycardia in Chagas disease. He says: catheter ablation in Chagas disease remains...
Ablation should be “preferred approach” in drug-resistant ventricular tachycardia
A multicentre, randomised controlled trial has shown that catheter ablation is superior to intensified antiarrhythmic drug therapy in reducing death, appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator...