title: Ablation before ICD implantation can reduce painful shocks. Patients at risk for multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia most likely to benefit.
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome