Impact of preventive substrate catheter ablation on implantable cardioverter-defibrillator interventions in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and infarct-related coronary chronic total occlusion.
David ŽižekMiha MrakMatevž JanAnja Zupan MežnarMaja IvanovskiTadej ŽlahtičNina KajdičBor AntolicLuka KlemenRafael SkaleJurij Avramovič GregoričJernej ŠtublarAndrej PernatMatjaž ŠinkovecPublished 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 (2024)
Preventive ablation of the coronary CTO-related substrate in patients undergoing primary ICD implantation is associated with the reduced risk of appropriate ICD therapy or unplanned hospitalization due to VAs.