Long-term outcomes of different ablation strategies for ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Briceño DF, Romero J, Villablanca PA, Londoño A, Diaz JC, Maraj I, Batul SA, Madan N, Patel J, Jagannath A, Mohanty S, Mohanty P, Gianni C, Della Rocca D, Sabri A, Kim SG, Natale A, Di Biase L. Long-term outcomes of different ablation strategies for ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. EP Europace 2017, 20: 104-115. PMID: 28575378, DOI: 10.1093/europace/eux109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural heart diseaseStable ventricular tachycardiaLong-term outcomesVA recurrenceVentricular tachycardiaCause mortalityStandard ablationHeart diseaseExtensive substrate modificationVentricular arrhythmia recurrenceComposite primary outcomeDifferent ablation strategiesIschemic substrateArrhythmia recurrenceIschemic cardiomyopathyPrimary outcomeMAIN OUTCOMESubstrate modificationAblation strategyLower riskElectronic searchPatientsRecurrenceSystematic reviewMortality