[Treatment of ventricular tachycardia]
1Departamento de Electrocardiografía, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, 14080, México, D.F.
Abstract:
Evaluation and management of postinfarct ventricular tachycardia has changed dramatically in the past two decades. The introduction of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator has played a major role in this change, alternating both, the purpose of the patients evaluation and treatment options. Episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia can occur in a variety of clinical settings; the most common of which is the patient who has suffered a myocardial infarction. In this paper, I explore the causes and effects of some of these changes and review current strategies, specially the radiofrequency catheter ablation, for the management of the patient with postinfarct ventricular tachycardia.
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