Role of cardiac sympathetic denervation in ventricular tachycardia: A meta-analysis.

Ghulam MurtazaSharan P SharmaKrishna AkellaMohit K TuragamDomenico G Della RoccaDhanunjaya R LakkireddyRakesh Gopinathannair

Published in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2020)

In patients with refractory VT or electrical storm, CSD is associated with pooled VT nonrecurrence rate of 60% at a mean follow-up of 15 ± 10.7 months. CSD was also associated with significantly lower mean number ICD shocks per person. Further studies are needed to validate this finding in a prospective setting.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
case control
randomized controlled trial
phase iii
open label
study protocol