Outcomes of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia with mechanical hemodynamic support: An analysis of the Medicare database.
Arash AryanaAndré d'AvilaChristina L CoolMarc A MillerFermin C GarciaGregory E SuppleSrinivas R DukkipatiDhanunjaya R LakkireddyThomas Jared BunchMark R BowersPadraig Gearoid O'NeillVivek Y ReddyFrancis E MarchlinskiPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2017)
Among the cases captured by the Medicare database, catheter ablation of VT associated with mechanical support using PVAD was associated with reduced in-hospital cardiogenic shock, renal failure, length of stay, hospital readmissions and mortality, but no difference in redo-VT ablation at 1 year.