Open AccessElectrical isolation of a substrate after myocardial infarction: a novel ablation strategy for unmappable ventricular tachycardias--feasibility and clinical outcome
Author(s) -
Roland Richard Tilz,
Hisaki Makimoto,
Tina Lin,
Andreas Rillig,
Sebastian Deiß,
Erik Wißner,
Shibu Mathew,
Andreas Metzner,
Peter Rausch,
KarlHeinz Kuck,
Feifan Ouyang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eut419
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , ablation , ventricle , ejection fraction , catheter ablation , myocardial infarction , catheter , surgery , heart failure
Catheter ablation can abolish clinical ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients after myocardial infarction (MI). However, VT frequently recurs after ablation. The best ablation strategy is still unknown, particularly in patients with unmappable VTs. We hypothesized that isolation of the arrhythmogenic substrate would be a feasible and effective ablation strategy for the treatment of ischaemic VT.