Why the study?
Does anterior epicardial access provide comparable success and safety to posterior approaches in patients undergoing epicardial VT ablation?
Population
100 consecutive patients undergoing epicardial ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation
Comparison
Anterior epicardial access vs Historical controls using needle-in-needle or…
Design
Cohort
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Anterior access may support epicardial VT ablation; leaves open confirmation versus posterior techniques in randomized studies.
Does anterior epicardial access provide comparable success and safety to posterior approaches in patients undergoing epicardial VT ablation?
Anterior epicardial access is a feasible and safe alternative to posterior approaches for epicardial VT ablation, with a 100% success rate and no significant bleeding complications.
Keramati et al. (2017) studied this question.
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