Catheter Ablation for the Treatment of Electrical Storm in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Why the study?
Does catheter ablation prevent recurrence and reduce cardiac mortality in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators experiencing electrical storm?
Population
Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators experiencing electrical storm
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support ablation for electrical storm control in ICD patients; leaves open mortality benefit pending randomized confirmation.
Structured PICO
Does catheter ablation prevent recurrence and reduce cardiac mortality in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators experiencing electrical storm?
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Population
Patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators experiencing electrical storm
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Intervention
Catheter ablation
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Outcome
Short-term treatment of electrical storm, electrical storm recurrence, and cardiac mortality
Catheter ablation is an effective short-term treatment for electrical storm in ICD patients and may improve long-term cardiac mortality by preventing recurrence.
Cite This Study
Carbucicchio et al. (2008) studied this question.