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Journal article

Mexiletine or catheter ablation after amiodarone failure in the VANISH trial

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In patients with ischemic heart disease and ventricular tachycardia (VT) refractory to high dose amiodarone, the two most common therapeutic options are adjunctive mexiletine therapy or catheter ablation. There are little existing data on the efficacy of these strategies. We examined the relative efficacy of adjunctive mexiletine and catheter ablation among patients enrolled in the VANISH trial. METHODS: All subjects enrolled in …

Authors

Deyell MW; Steinberg C; Doucette S; Parkash R; Nault I; Gray C; Essebag V; Gardner M; Sterns LD; Healey JS

Journal

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 603–608

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

April 2018

DOI

10.1111/jce.13431

ISSN

1045-3873