Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Severe Heart Failure: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaboration Analysis

WS Tzou; R Tung; DS Frankel; M Vaseghi; T Jared Bunch; Luigi Di Biase; VN Tholakanahalli; D Lakkireddy; T Dickfeld; A Saliaris; J Peter Weiss; N Mathuria; U Tedrow; MR Afzal; P Vergara; K Nagashima; M Patel; S Nakahara; K Vakil; J David Burkhardt; CH Tseng; Andrea Natale; K Shivkumar; DJ Callans; WG Stevenson; P Della Bella; FE Marchlinski; WH Sauer

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Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Severe Heart Failure: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaboration Analysis

WS Tzou, R Tung, DS Frankel, M Vaseghi, T Jared Bunch, Luigi Di Biase, VN Tholakanahalli, D Lakkireddy, T Dickfeld, A Saliaris, J Peter Weiss, N Mathuria, U Tedrow, MR Afzal, P Vergara, K Nagashima, M Patel, S Nakahara, K Vakil, J David BurkhardtCH Tseng, Andrea Natale, K Shivkumar, DJ Callans, WG Stevenson, P Della Bella, FE Marchlinski, WH Sauer

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Background - Ventricular tachycardia (VT) radiofrequency ablation has been associated with reduced VT recurrence and mortality, although it is typically not considered among New York Heart Association class IV (NYHA IV) heart failure patients. We compared characteristics and VT radiofrequency ablation outcomes of those with and without NYHA IV in the International VT Ablation Center Collaboration. Methods and Results - NYHA II-IV patients undergoing VT radiofrequency ablation at 12 international centers were included. Clinical variables, VT recurrence, and mortality were analyzed by NYHA IV status using Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazard models. There were significant differences between NYHA IV (n=111) and NYHA II and III (n=1254) patients: NYHA IV had lower left ventricular ejection fraction; more had diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, cardiac resynchronization implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, and VT storm despite greater antiarrhythmic drug use (P

Original language	English
Article number	e004494
Journal	Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004494
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Tzou, WS., Tung, R., Frankel, DS., Vaseghi, M., Jared Bunch, T., Di Biase, L., Tholakanahalli, VN., Lakkireddy, D., Dickfeld, T., Saliaris, A., Peter Weiss, J., Mathuria, N., Tedrow, U., Afzal, MR., Vergara, P., Nagashima, K., Patel, M., Nakahara, S., Vakil, K., ... Sauer, WH. (2017). Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Severe Heart Failure: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaboration Analysis. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 10(1), [e004494]. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004494

Tzou, WS, Tung, R, Frankel, DS, Vaseghi, M, Jared Bunch, T, Di Biase, L, Tholakanahalli, VN, Lakkireddy, D, Dickfeld, T, Saliaris, A, Peter Weiss, J, Mathuria, N, Tedrow, U, Afzal, MR, Vergara, P, Nagashima, K, Patel, M, Nakahara, S, Vakil, K, David Burkhardt, J, Tseng, CH, Natale, A, Shivkumar, K, Callans, DJ, Stevenson, WG, Della Bella, P, Marchlinski, FE & Sauer, WH 2017, 'Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Severe Heart Failure: An International Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Center Collaboration Analysis', Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, vol. 10, no. 1, e004494. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004494

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