Patients with structural heart disease are at risk for life-threatening ventricular tachycardias ... of underlying heart disease. Catheter ablation for VT can reduce the need for ICD therapies ...
CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first ...
Now we know that ablation is a reasonable option for first-line treatment instead of starting with antiarrhythmic medication therapy," Sapp said. In the VANISH2 (Ventricular Tachycardia ...
When antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) are administered for rhythm or ventricular rate ... the clinical outcome of catheter ablation of paroxysmal AF-related tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome and ...