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Editorial
. 2024 Nov 20;5(11):839-841.
doi: 10.1016/j.hroo.2024.09.016. eCollection 2024 Nov.

Ventricular tachycardia: Focal pulsed field electroporation as a rescue therapy

Rita Reis Santos  1 , Mariana Sousa Paiva  1 , Rita Amador  1 , Daniel Matos  1 , Pedro Carmo  1 , Pedro Adragão  1
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Ventricular tachycardia: Focal pulsed field electroporation as a rescue therapy

Rita Reis Santos et al. Heart Rhythm O2. .
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Keywords: Ablation; Arrhythmia; Electroanatomic mapping; Focal pulsed field electroporation; Ventricular tachycardia.

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Figure 1
A: Electroanatomic maps of the left ventricle showing an anterior and apical scar. B: Substrate map of the left ventricle showing pre–ventricular tachycardia (VT) termination regions of the patchy apical scar. C: Electrogram from the VT map. D: Substrate map after VT termination. E: Electrogram showing pulsed field ablation and VT termination.
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