Why the study?
Does transcatheter radiofrequency ablation prevent recurrence in a patient with refractory ventricular tachycardia?
Population
1 68-year-old patient with recurrent ventricular tachycardia refractory to multiple antiarrhythmic drugs
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
5 months
Authors
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Ablation may achieve short-term VT control in refractory cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before wider adoption.
Does transcatheter radiofrequency ablation prevent recurrence in a patient with refractory ventricular tachycardia?
Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation successfully prevented recurrence of refractory ventricular tachycardia in a single patient over 5 months of follow-up.
Davis et al. (1988) studied this question.
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