Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Excellent Outcomes After First-Line Ablation in Post-MI Patients With Tolerated Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) >35%
Authors' conclusion
Post-MI patients with LVEF >35%, tolerated VT, and noninducibility after ablation have an excellent prognosis.
Study context
- Population
- Post-MI patients without prior implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) undergoing VT ablation, single centre, 2009–2022
- Participants
- 86 patients
- Exposure
- Outcomes after VT ablation by LVEF, VT tolerance and acute ablation outcome (noninducible vs inducible)
- Noninduciblen = 37
- Induciblen = 14reference
- Outcome
- SCD and VT recurrence
- Follow-up
- Median 40 months (Q1-Q3: 24-70 months)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
| Group | Sudden cardiac death (SCD) | VT recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Noninducible | 0 | 0 |
| Inducible | 0 | 29% |
Sudden cardiac death (SCD)
Noninducible0
Inducible0
VT recurrence
Noninducible0
Inducible29%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
VT recurrence and mortality, all patients · median follow-up 40 months
- VT recurrence
- 10 of 86
- Overall mortality
- 27%
- Sudden death (patient with ICD)
- 1
Noninducibility after ablation (LVEF >35%, tolerated VT)
- Rendered noninducible
- 37 (73%) of 51
Original publication
Excellent Outcomes After First-Line Ablation in Post-MI Patients With Tolerated VT and LVEF >35%. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. Published 21 August 2024. doi:10.
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