| Reflections on definitive surgical treatment of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia. | |
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PMID: 7944808 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The past 15 years have witnessed a substantial commitment to the understanding and surgical cure of postinfarction ventricular tachycardia, and the results of treatment have steadily improved. However, outside influences have had a negative impact on the use of this modality. With the widespread availability of implantable defibrillators, this has become an attractive alternative therapy to the sometimes difficult definitive surgical treatment. Meanwhile, early thrombolytic therapy for the management of evolving myocardial infarctions has been found to create a postinfarction electrical substrate that does not appear to be arrhythmogenic. As a result, clinical efforts to develop and refine definitive ventricular tachycardia surgical treatments have all but ceased. The intent of this article is to review the events that took place in this apparently transient era. |
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Authors:
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J G Selle |
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Annals of thoracic surgery Volume: 58 ISSN: 0003-4975 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Thorac. Surg. Publication Date: 1994 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-11-10 Completed Date: 1994-11-10 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 15030100R Medline TA: Ann Thorac Surg Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1287-90 Citation Subset: AIM; IM; Q |
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Carolinas Heart Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. |
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
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history Defibrillators, Implantable History, 20th Century Humans Myocardial Infarction / complications*, drug therapy Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology, history, surgery*, therapy Thrombolytic Therapy |
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