Freedom from recurrent ventricular tachycardia after catheter ablation is associated with improved survival in patients with structural heart disease: An International VT Ablation Center Collaborative Group study.

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Abstract

The impact of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) on all-cause mortality remains unknown.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Heart Rhythm

Title: Heart rhythm

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1556-3871

ISSN (Print): 1547-5271

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2015

Volume: 12

Issue: 9

Affiliations

[1 ] UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, California.

[2 ] Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[3 ] Hospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.

[4 ] Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.

[5 ] Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

[6 ] UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, California.

[7 ] Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center/Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas.

[8 ] Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan.

[9 ] University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

[10 ] University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[11 ] University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

[12 ] Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah.

[13 ] University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

[14 ] UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: kshivkumar@mednet.ucla.edu.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S1547-5271(15)00690-6 Mid ID: NIHMS711926

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.036

PMC ID: 4549209

PubMed ID: 26031376

SO-VID: f66d88ac-fc92-4a49-83bc-dbfb0cbfdfd5

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Keywords: Ventricular tachycardia,Ablation

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Keywords: Ventricular tachycardia, Ablation

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