Prophylactic catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in ischemic cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Varunsiri AttiVenkat VuddandaMohit K TuragamPraveen VemulaZubair ShahHimakar NagamSrikanth YandrapalliMohammad-Ali JazayeriScott KoerberJuan Viles GonzalezAndrea NataleLuigi Di BiaseDhanunjaya R LakkireddyPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2018)
These results suggest prophylactic catheter ablation decreases ICD therapies, including shocks and electrical storm with no improvement in overall mortality. There is a need for future carefully designed randomized clinical trials.