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Defibrillator Positioning; PFA for PVC Ablation; Harvey Weinstein's Heart Surgery

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(MedPage Today) -- Not all defibrillator pad positions may work equally well for patients with shockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA Network Open) Medical therapy for aortic stenosis? Early clinical data on evogliptin were disappointing.

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Preventive ablation of ventricular tachycardia avoids shocks and hospitalization, finds clinical trial

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

The first randomized trial to investigate preventive ablation of a potential arrhythmogenic substrate associated with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) in patients at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) reduces the risk of appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy and unplanned hospitalization in patients with no (..)

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Intra-Pericardial Position of an Extra-Vascular Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead

HeartRhythm

An 18-year-old male with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy was referred for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia after experiencing appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock. Six months prior, he had undergone uncomplicated implantation of an extravascular ICD (EV-ICD) [1].

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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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Exploring Potential New Treatment for Ventricular Tachycardia

DAIC

They include medications that are not very effective and cause unpleasant side effects, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (or ICD) that provides an internal shock to correct the heartbeat, and a procedure called catheter ablation. Unfortunately, ablation also destroys healthy heart tissue in the process.

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PO-06-070 RECURRENT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA POST CARDIAC RADIOABLATION: INSIGHTS FROM REPEAT VT ABLATION POST RA.

HeartRhythm

Patients suffering recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) despite antiarrhythmic drugs, defibrillator and ablation remain at significant risk of morbidity and mortality. Although cardiac radioablation (RA) has demonstrated promise, results are heterogenous.

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Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and without an ICD – For the times they are a-changin´?

HeartRhythm

Recent advancements in catheter ablation for structural ventricular tachycardia (VT), such as high-density mapping and cardiac imaging-based detection of target areas, have significantly improved the efficacy of ablation procedures.