Ventricular tachycardia ablation and substrate modification in ICD patients with electrical storm
1Section of Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, China.
Abstract:
The electrical storm (ES) is defined as a state of electrical instability with three or more sustained ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) occurring within twenty-four hours, which needs intravenous antiarrhythmic medications and frequent defibrillation. Recently, radiofrequency catheter ablation evolved as a sole therapy to terminate ES in patients with ICD, and the survival has been reported to be improved with successful ablation during follow-up. In this review, we briefly summarize substrate mapping and substrate ablation strategy in patients with ES, and discuss the reason of recurrence after ablation.
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