Cardiac magnetic resonance to predict recurrences after ventricular tachycardia ablation: septal involvement, transmural channels, and left ventricular mass.
Levio QuintoPaula SanchezFrancisco AlarcónPaz GarreFatima ZaraketSusana Prat-GonzalezJose T Ortiz-PerezRosario JesúsPereaEduard GuaschJosé Maria TolosanaRodolfo San AntonioElena ArbeloMarta SitgesJosep BrugadaAntonio BerruezoLluís MontIvo Roca LuquePublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
Pre-procedural LGE-CMR is a helpful and feasible technique to identify patients with high risk of VT recurrence after ablation. LV mass, septal LGE distribution, and transmural channels were predictive factors of post-ablation VT recurrence.