Early Versus Late Referral for Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Structural Heart Disease A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes
Romero J, Di Biase L, Diaz J, Quispe R, Du X, Briceno D, Avendano R, Tedrow U, John R, Michaud G, Natale A, Stevenson W, Kumar S. Early Versus Late Referral for Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Structural Heart Disease A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. JACC Clinical Electrophysiology 2018, 4: 374-382. PMID: 30089564, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2017.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural heart diseaseEarly referralLate referralVT ablationVentricular tachycardiaAcute complicationsVT recurrenceCatheter ablationHeart diseaseTotal mortalityLong-term VT recurrenceAcute procedural successA Systematic ReviewAcute successSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeAntiarrhythmic drugsClinical outcomesProcedural successPatient populationWorse outcomesBetter outcomesElectronic searchPatientsReferral