Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with prior cardiac surgery: An analysis from the International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group.
Martin AguilarUsha B TedrowWendy S TzouDalise Yi ShatzDavid S FrankelPasquale SantangeliMarmar VaseghiT Jared BunchLuigi Di BiaseVenkatakrishna N TholakanahalliDhanunjaya R LakkireddyTimm DickfeldJ Peter WeissNilesh MathuriaPasquale VergaraShiro NakaharaJason S BradfieldJ David BurkhardtWilliam G StevensonDavid J CallansPaolo Della BellaSanghamitra MohantyKalyanam ShivkumarFrancis E MarchlinskiWilliam H SauerPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2021)
Despite different clinical characteristics and fewer epicardial procedures, the safety and efficacy of VT ablation in patients with prior cardiac surgery is similar to others in this cohort. The incremental yield of epicardial mapping in predominant ischemic cardiomyopathy population prior heart surgery may be low but appears safe in experienced centers.
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