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. 2023 Aug 2;25(9):euad225.
doi: 10.1093/europace/euad225.

Twenty-five years of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: a look back and a look forward

Andrea Natale  1 , Katja Zeppenfeld  2 , Paolo Della Bella  3 , Xu Liu  4 , Avi Sabbag  5 , Pasquale Santangeli  6 , Philipp Sommer  7 , Christian Sticherling  8 , Xiaodong Zhang  9 , Luigi Di Biase  1   9
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Twenty-five years of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: a look back and a look forward

Andrea Natale et al. Europace. .

Abstract

This article will discuss the past, present, and future of ventricular tachycardia ablation and the continuing contribution of the Europace journal as the platform for publication of milestone research papers in this field of ventricular tachycardia ablation.

Keywords: Energy; Technologies imaging; VT ablation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Dr Di Biase is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Stereoataxis, and Rhythm Management, and has received speaker honoraria/travel from Biosense Webster, St Jude Medical (now Abbott), Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Biotronik, Atricure, Baylis, and Zoll. A.N. is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Stereoataxis, and Abbott and has received speaker honoraria/travel from Biosense Webster, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Biotronik, Atricure, Baylis, and Zoll. P.S. is member of the advisory board of Abbott, Biosense Webster, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Co-registered 3D CT of a patient with ARVC. Left ventricle shows septal wall thinning, right atrium (blue), RCA (green), aorta and LAD (red), pulmonary artery (yellow), ICD lead (white), and left phrenic nerve (green). Electroanatomical reconstruction of the RV with infero-basal scar. LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Epicardial substrate ablation in a patient with Brugada syndrome and history of VF. Purple represents bipolar voltage >1.5 mV. Fractionated potentials (arrows) are tagged with black dots, and a representative example is displayed. Adopted form Europace, Volume 22, Issue 3, March 2020, Pages 450–495.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Randomized controlled trial describing the timing for VT ablation.
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