Why the study?
Epicardial substrate involvement in ARVC-related VT often requires epicardial ablation, which may be limited by epicardial fat or proximity to coronary arteries, motivating evaluation of an endocardial-only ablation strategy guided by epicardial late potentials.
Population
11 patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy referred for ventricular arrhythmia ablation
Comparison
Endocardial-only ablation guided by epicardial late potentials vs complementary epicardial ablation
Design
Retrospective case series
Follow-up
Median 17 months
Case series shows endocardial ablation guided by epicardial recordings eliminates late potentials in ARVC, indicating an endocardial-only approach is feasible.
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