Management of ventricular tachycardia in heart failure. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Ventricular tachyarrhythmias are common in patients with congestive heart failure. The clinical presentation ranges from an asymptomatic incidental electrocardiographic finding to palpitations, syncope, and sudden cardiac death. Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators successfully prevent sudden cardiac death associated with ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, recurrent implantable cardioverter defibrillators shocks remain a clinical management challenge. In this review, we discuss management strategies of ventricular tachycardia in congestive heart failure, including drug therapy, radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA), and recent RFCA advances.

publication date

  • January 1, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Heart Failure
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3600880

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84891721962

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.14797/mdcj-9-1-20

PubMed ID

  • 23519088

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 1