Combined Endocardial-Epicardial Versus Endocardial Catheter Ablation Alone for Ventricular Tachycardia in Structural Heart Disease A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Romero J, Cerrud-Rodriguez R, Di Biase L, Diaz J, Alviz I, Grupposo V, Cerna L, Avendano R, Tedrow U, Natale A, Tung R, Kumar S. Combined Endocardial-Epicardial Versus Endocardial Catheter Ablation Alone for Ventricular Tachycardia in Structural Heart Disease A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2018, 5: 13-24. PMID: 30678778, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathyVentricular tachycardiaNonischemic cardiomyopathyIschemic cardiomyopathyProcedural complicationsVT recurrenceEndocardial ablationVT ablationLower riskSystematic reviewLimited single-center studyEndocardial catheter ablationSingle-center studyAcute procedural complicationsA Systematic ReviewRight ventricular cardiomyopathyCause mortalityCatheter ablationEmbase databasesVentricular cardiomyopathyAblation strategyNonsignificant trendSubsequent mortalityPatientsMeta-Analysis