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Does saline-cooled radiofrequency catheter ablation improve termination of VT compared to standard radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with infarct-related ventricular tachycardias?
Does saline-cooled radiofrequency catheter ablation improve termination of VT compared to standard radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with infarct-related ventricular tachycardias?
Saline-cooled radiofrequency ablation shows greater efficacy for terminating infarct-related ventricular tachycardias compared to standard ablation, likely due to the creation of larger lesions.
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May support cooled RF for infarct-related VT termination; leaves open randomized confirmation of outcomes and safety.
Greater efficacy of cooled RF for terminating VT is consistent with the production of a larger lesion in human infarctions, which should facilitate successful ablation.
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Soejima et al. (2001) studied this question.
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