Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation.
Catheter ablation
Premature ventricular contraction
Purkinje system
Sudden cardiac death
Ventricular fibrillation
Journal
Heart, lung & circulation
ISSN: 1444-2892
Titre abrégé: Heart Lung Circ
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 100963739
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
24
07
2018
revised:
29
08
2018
accepted:
05
09
2018
pubmed:
12
10
2018
medline:
17
1
2019
entrez:
11
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a common and life-threatening arrhythmia resulting in sudden cardiac death (SCD). Due to the inherent challenges of mapping VF in humans, the underlying mechanisms that initiate and sustain this common arrhythmia are still poorly understood. In high-risk patients and survivors of SCD, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) play a central role in treating VF episodes, however, ICDs do not prevent VF recurrences and patients remain at risk of electrical storm and multiple shocks that are often refractory to escalation of medical therapy. More recently, the utility of catheter ablation (CA) has extended to the treatment of VF storms. This review will focus on updates in elucidating the mechanism of VF leading into the role and indication of CA as a treatment strategy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30301669
pii: S1443-9506(18)31911-5
doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.09.005
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
110-122Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.