Rationale and design of BERLIN VT study: a multicenter randomised trial comparing preventive versus deferred ablation of ventricular tachycardia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Catheter ablation (CA) has shown to effectively reduce the burden of ventricular tachycardia in patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). However, in patients with ICD implantation for secondary prevention of ventricular tachycardia (VT), the appropriate time point of CA and its effect on mortality and heart failure progression remains a matter of debate.

Methods and analysis

We present the design of the ongoing preventive aB lation of vE ntriculartachyca R dia in patients with myocardia LIN farction (BERLIN VT) study that aims to prospectively enrol 208 patients with a stable ischaemic cardiomyopathy, a left ventricular ejection fraction of 30% to 50% and documented ventricular tachy

SUBMITTER: Tilz RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6528000 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature