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

Med Page Today

(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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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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PO-01-105 RECOVERY IN LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION POST ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION LEADS TO REDUCTION IN THE NEED FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR

HeartRhythm

Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation can improve of ventricular dysfunction

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PO-01-148 COMPASSIONATE USE OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOABLATION FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: SAFETY AND EFFICACY AT ONE YEAR

HeartRhythm

Patients suffering recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) despite antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD), defibrillator (ICD) and catheter ablation (CA) remain at significant risk of morbidity and mortality.