Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in the Elderly: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Center Collaborative Group Analysis [Original Articles]

Conclusion VT ablation in the elderly is feasible and reasonably safe with a modestly higher in-hospital and 1-year mortality, with similar rates of VT recurrence at 1 year compared with younger patients. Successful VT ablation, that is, lack of VT recurrence, is strongly associated with improved survival even in this elderly subgroup.

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Source: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology - December 18, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Vakil, K., Garcia, S., Tung, R., Vaseghi, M., Tedrow, U., Della Bella, P., Frankel, D. S., Vergara, P., Di Biase, L., Nagashima, K., Nakahara, S., Tzou, W. S., Burkhardt, J. D., Dickfeld, T., Weiss, J. P., Bunch, J., Callans, D., Lakkireddy, D., Natale, A Tags: Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure Original Articles Source Type: research