2023
Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia After MI: A Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Reddy R, Howard J, Ahmad Y, Shun-Shin M, Simader F, Miyazawa A, Saleh K, Naraen A, Samways J, Katritsis G, Mohal J, Kaza N, Porter B, Keene D, Linton N, Francis D, Whinnett Z, Luther V, Kanagaratnam P, Arnold A. Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia After MI: A Reconstructed Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review 2023, 12: e26. PMID: 38124803, PMCID: PMC10731517, DOI: 10.15420/aer.2023.07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCatheter ablationMedical therapyIndividual patient dataCause mortalityPrior MIVT recurrenceDefibrillator shocksIndividual Patient Data Meta-AnalysisVentricular tachycardia catheter ablationReconstructed individual patient dataPrespecified primary endpointPrespecified secondary endpointPatient dataPrespecified subgroup analysisProportion of patientsRandomised Controlled TrialsIndividual patient assessmentData Meta-AnalysisCause hospitalisationPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPrognostic impactControlled TrialsPatient assessmentSubgroup analysisCatheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Reddy R, Howard J, Ahmad Y, Shun-Shin M, Simader F, Miyazawa A, Saleh K, Samways J, Keene D, Linton N, Francis D, Whinnett Z, Luther V, Kanagaratnam P, Arnold A. Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: ehad655.392. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual patient dataReconstructed individual patient dataPrior myocardial infarctionCatheter ablationMedical therapyMyocardial infarctionCause mortalityVT recurrenceDefibrillator shocksVentricular tachycardiaPatient dataCox proportional hazards regression modelPost-infarct ventricular tachycardiaPre-specified primary endpointPre-specified secondary endpointsVentricular tachycardia catheter ablationProportional hazards regression modelsResults Eight trialsProportion of patientsKaplan-Meier curvesHazards regression modelsCause hospitalisationPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsPrognostic impact
2022
Catheter ablation improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Simader FA, Howard JP, Ahmad Y, Saleh K, Naraen A, Samways JW, Mohal J, Reddy RK, Kaza N, Keene D, Shun-Shin MJ, Francis DP, Whinnett ZI, Arnold AD. Catheter ablation improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. EP Europace 2022, 25: 341-350. PMID: 36305545, PMCID: PMC9934993, DOI: 10.1093/europace/euac173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure hospitalizationCatheter ablationHeart failureMedical therapyFailure hospitalizationAtrial fibrillationCardiovascular outcomesPrimary analysisPre-specified primary endpointAtrial fibrillation catheter ablationCause mortalityPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsLower riskPatientsTherapyHospitalizationFibrillationTrialsMortalityLow heterogeneityAblationEndpointOutcomesFailure