Correlates and Prognosis of Early Recurrence After Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia due to Structural Heart Disease
Nagashima K, Choi EK, Tedrow UB, Koplan BA, Michaud GF, John RM, Epstein LM, Tokuda M, Inada K, Kumar S, Lin KY, Barbhaiya CR, Chinitz JS, Enriquez AD, Helmbold AF, Stevenson WG. Correlates and Prognosis of Early Recurrence After Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia due to Structural Heart Disease. Circulation Arrhythmia And Electrophysiology 2014, 7: 883-888. PMID: 25136076, DOI: 10.1161/circep.114.001461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsCatheter AblationChi-Square DistributionFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioProportional Hazards ModelsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTachycardia, VentricularTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsStructural heart diseaseEarly VT recurrenceVentricular tachycardiaEarly recurrenceHeart diseaseVT recurrenceCatheter ablationNew York Heart Association classificationSustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardiaFirst radiofrequency ablationOptimal treatment strategyHigh-risk groupInduced ventricular tachycardiaMonomorphic ventricular tachycardiaVT stormClinical profileMultivariable analysisPrognostic significancePatient groupIndependent correlatesAssociation classificationRadiofrequency ablationRisk groupsTreatment strategiesAcute failure