Open AccessEmergency catheter ablation in critical patients
Author(s) -
Jürgen Tebbenjohanns,
K. Rühmkorf
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.62118
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , catheter ablation , ventricular tachycardia , ablation , refractory (planetary science) , ventricular fibrillation , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , shock (circulatory) , catheter , surgery , physics , astrobiology
Emergency catheter ablation is justified in critical patients with drug-refractory life-threatening arrhythmias. The procedure can be used for ablation of an accessory pathway in preexcitation syndrome with high risk of ventricular fibrillation and in patients with shock due to ischemic cardiomyopathy and incessant ventricular tachycardia. Emergency catheter ablation can also be justified in patients with an electrical storm of the implanted cardioverter-defibrillator or in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation.