Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic Heart Disease.
Ventricular arrhythmias are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with ischemic structural heart disease. Endocardial and epicardial mapping strategies include scar characterization channel identification, and recording and ablation of late potentials and local abnormal ventricular activities. Catheter ablation along with new technology and techniques of bipolar ablation, needle catheter, and autonomic modulation may increase efficacy in difficult to ablate ventricular arrhythmias. Catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias seem to confer mortality and morbidity benefits in patients with ischemic heart disease.
Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Loma Linda University, Mail Code 111C, 11201 Benton Street, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA.
Ronald
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Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, The University of Sydney, Level 5, Acute Service Building, St Leonards, Sydney, North South Wales 2065, Australia.
Karin K M
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Chia
Arrhythmia Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center-San Francisco, MC 111C-6, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. Electronic address: henry.hsia@ucsf.edu.
Henry H
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Hsia
D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
Catheter ablation; Ischemic heart disease; Ventricular tachycardia