Ventricular Tachycardia in Granulomatous Myocarditis: Role of Catheter Ablation.
Catheter ablation
Granuloma
Inflammatory myocarditis
Sarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
Ventricular tachycardia
Journal
Cardiac electrophysiology clinics
ISSN: 1877-9190
Titre abrégé: Card Electrophysiol Clin
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101549998
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2022
12 2022
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medline:
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Statut:
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Résumé
Granulomatous myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium, characterized by lymphocytic infiltration with characteristic granuloma formation. Although a host of disease processes can elicit myocardial granulomas, two common entities are cardiac sarcoidosis and cardiac tuberculosis. Cardiac arrhythmias in this condition are frequent and management of ventricular arrhythmias can be challenging, especially in those with drug-refractory ventricular tachycardia and electrical storm. In this review, we highlight the role of catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia and optimal patient selection for catheter ablation, based on cardiac imaging.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36396187
pii: S1877-9182(22)00068-5
doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2022.08.001
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
701-707Informations de copyright
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