David T Huang, Igor Gosev, Katherine L Wood, Hima Vidula, William Stevenson, Frank Marchlinski, Gregory Supple, Sandip K Zalawadiya, J Peter Weiss, Roderick Tung, Wendy S Tzou, Joshua D Moss, Krishna Kancharla, Sunit-Preet Chaudhry, Parin J Patel, Arfaat M Khan, Claudio Schuger, Guy Rozen, Michael S Kiernan, Gregory S Couper, Marzia Leacche, Ezequiel J Molina, Anand D Shah, Michael Lloyd, Jakub Sroubek, Edward Soltesz, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Casey White, Sinan Tankut, Brent A Johnson, Scott McNitt, Valentina Kutyifa, Wojciech Zareba, Ilan Goldenberg
BACKGROUND: The use of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in patients with advanced heart failure refractory to optimal medical management has progressed steadily over the past two decades. Data have demonstrated reduced LVAD efficacy, worse clinical outcome, and higher mortality for patients who experience significant ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VTA). We hypothesize that a novel prophylactic intra-operative VTA ablation protocol at the time of LVAD implantation may reduce the recurrent VTA and adverse events postimplant...
July 28, 2023: Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology