Open AccessPreventive or Deferred Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Defibrillator (BERLIN VT)
Author(s) -
Stephan Willems,
Roland Richard Tilz,
Daniel Steven,
Stefan Kääb,
Karl Wegscheider,
László Gellér,
Christian Meyer,
ChristianHendrik Heeger,
Andreas Metzner,
Moritz F. Sinner,
Michael Schlüter,
Peter Nordbeck,
Lars Eckardt,
Harilaos Bogossian,
Arian Sultan,
Beate Wenzel,
KarlHeinz Kück,
Christopher Piorkowski,
Д. С. Лебедев,
J. Kautzner,
Christian Sticherling,
Thomas Deneke,
Thomas Rostock,
Christian Ukena,
Malte Kuniss,
Hisaki Makimoto,
Gerhard Hindricks,
Dietmar Bänsch,
Jüergen Schreieck,
Christof Kolb,
J. Christoph Geller,
Evgeny Pokushalov,
KlausJürgen Gutleben,
Philip Sommer,
LeifHendrik Boldt,
Abdul Shokor Parwani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.119.043400
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , cardiomyopathy , ischemic cardiomyopathy , ablation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , tachycardia , heart failure , ejection fraction
Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT) reduces the recurrence of VT in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). The appropriate timing of VT ablation and its effects on mortality and heart failure progression remain a matter of debate. In patients with life-threatening arrhythmias necessitating ICD implantation, we compared outcomes of preventive VT ablation (undertaken before ICD implantation to prevent ICD shocks for VT) and deferred ablation after 3 ICD shocks for VT.
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