VT ablation in geriatric patients with structural heart disease: Should there still be an age limit?

Angeliki DarmaLivio BertagnolliBorislav Dinov Federica TorriNikolaos DagresAndreas BollmannGerhard HindricksArash Arya

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)

Geriatric patients with SHD including octogenarians showed similar results regarding procedural endpoints, freedom of VT, and major procedure-associated complications after VT-ablation. When ablation is indicated, age alone should not be an inhibiting factor to treat these patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
radiofrequency ablation
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
signaling pathway
catheter ablation
pulmonary hypertension
hip fracture