Key result
Catheter ablation, guided by meticulous substrate mapping and modification, is recognized as an effective treatment to reduce arrhythmia recurrence and improve overall morbidity in electrical storm.
Why the study?
Does catheter ablation reduce arrhythmia recurrence and improve morbidity in patients with electrical storm?
Does catheter ablation reduce arrhythmia recurrence and improve morbidity in patients with electrical storm?
Catheter ablation, guided by electroanatomical mapping and substrate modification, is a crucial treatment for reducing arrhythmia recurrence in patients with electrical storm.
Supports ablation consideration in electrical storm; leaves open prospective RCTs for confirmation.
Electrical storm is a life-threatening condition and requires immediate treatment. In most cases ventricular arrhythmia originates from previously formed lesions in the cardiac muscle. Such patients, following the necessary initial treatment, should be forwarded to catheter ablation, which is proven to reduce arrhythmia recurrence and to improve overall morbidity. Along with the technological progress related to electroanatomical mapping the growing role of meticulous substrate mapping and modification for successful ablation is being recognized.
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Bardyszewski et al. (2017) conducted a review in Electrical storm. Catheter ablation was evaluated on Arrhythmia recurrence and overall morbidity. Catheter ablation, guided by meticulous substrate mapping and modification, is recognized as an effective treatment to reduce arrhythmia recurrence and improve overall morbidity in electrical storm.
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