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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 for atrial tachycardia in pediatric patients: a single-center experience

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

PurposeAtrial tachycardia is an uncommon supraventricular tachycardia in children. It is often drug-resistant and likely to occur concomitantly with tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation the preferred treatment. A total of 78.6% No postoperative complications occurred in any patient.

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Ventricular Fibrillation, ICD, LBBB, QRS of 210 ms, Positive Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, and Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Then I always look to see if the initial deflection of the QRS has a lot of voltage change per change in time (seen in tachycardias that are initiated from above the ventricle because the propagate through fast conducting purkinje fiber. Patient has an ICD, which is primarily placed in patients with cardiomyopathy.

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Ablation or Antiarrhythmics for Ventricular Tachycardia?

CardiacWire

Late-breaking results from the VANISH2 trial presented at AHA 2024 showed that catheter ablation might be a better first-line treatment than antiarrhythmic drugs for ventricular tachycardia patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The post Ablation or Antiarrhythmics for Ventricular Tachycardia? Over a median of 4.3

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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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PO-01-180 DIFFERENTIAL MIRNA EXPRESSION IN TACHYCARDIA-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY

HeartRhythm

Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a unique cardiomyopathy, which is potentially reversible. Due to the presence of tachyarrhythmias in various cardiomyopathies, differentiating TIC from other non-reversible conditions can be challenging.

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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.