Abstract
This study sought to determine if the acute procedural outcome of ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate ablation is associated with a mortality benefit in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD). A total of 195 ICD recipients (65 ± 11years) with ischemic or nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy underwent substrate-based ablation targeting elimination of local abnormal ventricular activities (LAVA). Acute procedural success, which was defined as elimination of all identified LAVA in addition to the lack of VT inducibility, was achieved in 95 (49%) patients. During a median follow-up of 23 months, patients with acute procedure success had a significantly lower incidence of ICD shocks compared to those with ablation failure (8% vs. 30%, P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, acute procedural success was associated with a lower risk of VT recurrence (hazard ratio [HR] 0.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.18-0.49, P < 0.001) and all-cause mortality (HR 0.32, 95% CI 0.17-0.60, P < 0.001). While the impact of ablation success on mortality was not statistically significant in patients with LVEF > 35% (HR 0.45, 95% CI 0.15-1.34, P = 0.15) and those with NYHA class I/II (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.29-1.40, P = 0.26), it was marke...Continue Reading
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