BACKGROUND Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ventricular tachycardia (VT) can fail because of inaccessibility to the VT substrate. Transarterial coronary ethanol ablation can be effective but entails arterial instrumentation risk. We hypothesized that retrograde coronary venous ethanol ablation can be an alternative bail-out approach to failed VT RFA. METHODS AND RESULTS Out of 334 consecutive...

The financial crisis that hit the Eurozone in 2010 drove a number of its members request assistance from their EU partners. reaction to these requests at European level came coordination with IMF, but not necessarily uniform manner. This article compares adjustment programmes Ireland and Cyprus. Despite similarity on independent variable (local economic conditions), design Irish Cypriot (the de...