title: Should catheter ablation be the preferred therapy for reducing ICD shocks?: Ventricular tachycardia in patients with an implantable defibrillator warrants catheter ablation.
authors.affiliation: Hanseatisches Herzzentrum, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Hamburg, Germany. k.kuck@asklepios.com
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents