Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia – Long-term Results
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چکیده
Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias represent the most life-threatening disturbance of cardiac rhythm. Many underlying structural heart diseases, generally associated with fibrous scar formation and geometrical alteration of the ventricles, predispose to the reentrant pattern of electrical activation, which is notorious arrhythmic mechanism in these conditions. Continuing ischemia, evolving ventricular function depression and limited understanding of the arrhythmogenic substrate mandates complex clinical approach to these patients. For the ventricular tachyarrhythmia itself implantation of cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is used as a frontCATHETER ABLATION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA – LONG-TERM RESULTS
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