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Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular Tachycardia

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients with ventricular tachycardia and ischemic cardiomyopathy are at high risk for adverse outcomes. Catheter ablation is commonly used when antiarrhythmic drugs do not suppress ventricular tachycardia. Whether catheter ablation is more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs as a first-line therapy in patients with ventricular tachycardia is uncertain. METHODS: In an international trial, we randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio patients …

Authors

Sapp JL; Tang ASL; Parkash R; Stevenson WG; Healey JS; Gula LJ; Nair GM; Essebag V; Rivard L; Roux J-F

Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 392, No. 8, pp. 737–747

Publisher

Massachusetts Medical Society

Publication Date

February 20, 2025

DOI

10.1056/nejmoa2409501

ISSN

0028-4793