Long-Term Outcome of Substrate Modification in Ablation of Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia [Original Articles]

Conclusions:
In this monocentric study, substrate modification targeting LAVA for post–myocardial infarction VT resulted in a substantial reduction of VT storm and implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks and up to 49% of patients free from arrhythmia at 5 years after a single procedure. Complete LAVA elimination, multielectrode mapping, and real-time integration were associated with improved VA-free survival.

Source: Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology - February 12, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wolf, M., Sacher, F., Cochet, H., Kitamura, T., Takigawa, M., Yamashita, S., Vlachos, K., Cheniti, G., Frontera, A., Martin, R., Thompson, N., Massoullie, G., Lam, A., Martin, C., Collot, F., Duchateau, J., Pambrun, T., Denis, A., Derval, N., Hocini, M., Tags: Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Original Articles Source Type: research