Apr 22, 2022
Critiques of last week’s comments on VT ablation and a review of EHRA presentations, including new ways to ablate atrial myocardium and pace the ventricle, are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic
I – VT ablation
- VT Ablation After First ICD Shock Boosts Survival: PARTITA https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971969
- Does Timing of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Affect Prognosis in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator? Results From the Multicenter Randomized PARTITA Trial https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059598
- Substrate Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Symptomatic Ventricular Tachycardia https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.050
- Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1513614
II – Pulsed-Field Ablation
- Pulsed Field Ablation Treats AF With Few Complications https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972147
- Pulsed Field Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (PersAFOne): Hope or Hype? https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.07.032
III – High-Power Short Duration Ablation
- Short, High-Power Ablation on Par With Standard AF Ablation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972087
IV – LBB-Area Pacing
- MELOS: LBB Area Pacing Promising for Bradyarrhythmias, HF https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/972270
Also of interest...
- Conduction System Pacing Noninferior to Biventricular Pacing for HF With Wide QRS https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/971740
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