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17587747

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
Ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTA), a major cause of sudden cardiac death, require meticulous management in order to prevent recurrent episodes. Recently, non-pharmacological interventions, including radiofrequency catheter ablation and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), have become important treatments of VTA. Catheter ablation is curative in a relatively high percentage of patients presenting with idiopathic monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT). For VT associated with structural heart disease, however, the efficacy of catheter ablation remains limited, and ICD is the first-line therapy. In a subset of patients presenting with recurrent episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF), catheter ablation is a therapeutic option when the VF is triggered by specific premature ventricular complexes. In Japan, unlike in the United States and Europe, ICD have not yet been accepted as first-line prevention of sudden cardiac death caused by VTA. The efficacy of ICD is occasionally limited by intolerable complications, such as electrical storm, inappropriate shock delivery and infection. Catheter ablation and ICD therapy might need to be combined for problematic cases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1347-4820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
71 Suppl A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
A97-105
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Non-pharmacological management of ventricular tachycardia.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Health Science, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan. masaomi@clg.niigata-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review