title: [Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias. Complications and emergency situations].
abstract: Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias is an established treatment for patients with and without structural heart disease. For patients without structural heart disease, the aim is symptomatic relief, while the ultimate goals for patients with underlying structural heart disease are reduction of ICD therapies and improved prognosis. Rates for major complications range between 6-10% in patients with structural heart disease. Vascular complications are most common; life-threatening complications (e.g., pericardial tamponade and stroke) are less frequent. Procedure-associated mortality is reported to be 0-3%. In patients with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, the complication rate is much lower compared to patients with structural heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical and Experimental Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Deutschland. wasmerk@ukmuenster.de.|Abteilung für Rhythmologie, Department für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster (UKM), Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland. wasmerk@ukmuenster.de.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wasmer
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical and Experimental Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Deutschland.|Abteilung für Rhythmologie, Department für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster (UKM), Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eckardt
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000401:mortality*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Catheter ablation; Complications-management; Ventricular tachycardia