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Ablation Bests Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia After Heart Attack

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first, the VANISH2 trial showed. Death or.

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Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

The New England Journal of Medicine

Among patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy, catheter ablation as an initial therapy led to a lower risk of adverse outcomes than antiarrhythmic drug therapy.

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Ventricular Tachycardia Antiarrhythmics or Ablation in Structural Heart Disease 2

American College of Cardiology

The goal of the VANISH2 trial was to compare endocardial catheter ablation with conventional antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy as a first-line treatment for infarct-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) in ischemic cardiomyopathy.

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Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia from Right Ventricular Aneurysms in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Guided by Intracardiac Echocardiography

HeartRhythm

The best approach for ablating ventricular tachycardia (VT) targeting right ventricular free wall (RVFW) aneurysms in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) remains undefined.

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Efficacy of Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients without an ICD Implantation

HeartRhythm

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) prevents sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). Catheter ablation has been shown to effectively reduce ventricular tachycardia (VT) recurrence, yet its efficacy in patients without an ICD implantation remains uncertain.

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Young Man with Very Fast Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A prehospital 12-lead was recorded: There is a regular wide complex tachycardia. The computer diagnosed this as Ventricular Tachycardia. There is a wide complex regular tachycardia at a rate of 226. Toothache, incidental Wide Complex Tachycardia Could it be fascicular VT or Bundle Branch VT ( i.e., idiopathic VT )?

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Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia. What to do?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A patient in the ICU with significant underlying cardiac disease [HFrEF 30%, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, LBBB s/p CRT-D (biventricular pacer), AVNRT s/p ablation a few yrs ago, hx sinus tachycardia while on max tolerated BB therapy] went into a regular wide-complex tachycardia after intubation for severe COPD exacerbation.