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Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation as First Line Therapy: Are We There Yet?
Author(s) -
BIASE LUIGI DI,
SANTANGELI PASQUALE,
BURKHARDT J. DAVID,
NATALE ANDREA
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/jce.12107
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular tachycardia , library science , cardiology , computer science
Approximately 20% of patients in primary prevention and 45% of patients in secondary prevention receive an appropriate ICD intervention within the 2 years following ICD implantation. 5-7 In addition, VT storm, defined as 3 or more appropriate ICD therapies within a 24-hour period, may affect 4% and 20% of the patients in the primary and secondary prevention, respectively. 8,9 However, ICD shocks decrease quality of life, increase patient’s anxiety and increase the risk of nonarrhythmic mortality. 5,10-12
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