title: [Treatment of ventricular tachycardia].
abstract: Evaluation and management of postinfarct ventricular tachycardia has changed dramatically in the past two decades. The introduction of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator has played a major role in this change, alternating both, the purpose of the patients evaluation and treatment options. Episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia can occur in a variety of clinical settings; the most common of which is the patient who has suffered a myocardial infarction. In this paper, I explore the causes and effects of some of these changes and review current strategies, specially the radiofrequency catheter ablation, for the management of the patient with postinfarct ventricular tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Electrocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, 14080, México, D.F.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iturralde Torres
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents