| Surgical options for refractory ventricular tachycardia. | |
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PMID: 18039225 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is most often treated with antiarrhythmic drug therapy. When standard drugs fail, percutaneous, endocardial ablation guided by electroanatomic mapping is usually curative. Occasionally, these options are either unsuccessful or are not feasible, and surgical ablation is required. Surgical ablation of VT employs electroanatomic mapping and a variety of ablation strategies and technologies. The specific approach (endocardial vs. epicardial, beating heart vs. arrested) and ablation device must be tailored to the patient's anatomy and presentation. We present three cases to illustrate the range of surgical options available for ablation of VT arising from different anatomic foci. |
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Authors:
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Sekar Sangameswaran Bhavani; Patrick Tchou; Walid Saliba; A Marc Gillinov |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of cardiac surgery Volume: 22 ISSN: 0886-0440 ISO Abbreviation: J Card Surg Publication Date: 2007 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-11-27 Completed Date: 2008-02-20 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8908809 Medline TA: J Card Surg Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 533-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. |
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Aged Heart Septum / pathology Heart Valve Prosthesis Heart Ventricles / pathology Humans Male Middle Aged Mitral Valve Recurrence* Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology, surgery* Treatment Failure |
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