The role of percutaneous left ventricular assist devices during ventricular tachycardia ablation
Population
Patients with structural heart disease, severe cardiomyopathy, and haemodynamically unstable ventricular…
Design
Review
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Discussion
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Implication
May support pVAD use in unstable VT ablation; leaves open need for prospective trials in severe cardiomyopathy.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with structural heart disease, severe cardiomyopathy, and haemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia undergoing catheter ablation
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Intervention
Percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) support during ventricular tachycardia ablation
This review discusses the use of percutaneous ventricular assist devices to maintain perfusion and allow induction and mapping of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia during ablation in patients with severe cardiomyopathy.
Cite This Study
Bunch et al. (2012) studied this question.