Outcomes of pre-emptive and rescue use of percutaneous left ventricular assist device in patients with structural heart disease undergoing catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia.
Nilesh MathuriaGeru WuFrancia Rojas-DelgadoMossaab ShuraihMehdi RazaviAndrew CivitelloLeo SimpsonGuilherme SilvaSuwei WangMacArthur ElaydaBharat KanthariaSteve SinghO H FrazierJie ChengPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing (2016)
Despite rescue pLVAD insertion, hemodynamic collapse during VT ablation is associated with a persistently high 30-day mortality. Further studies are warranted to predict hemodynamic collapse and to refine the role of pLVAD in this setting.