ArticleNetherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation2020
Pre-procedural image-guided versus non-image-guided ventricular tachycardia ablation-a review.
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- Accounting for uncertainty in computational models of ventricular tachycardia improves ablation guidance.Nature cardiovascular research · 2026Article
- Cardiac magnetic resonance parameters and ventricular tachycardia recurrence after catheter ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026Review
- Imaging-Guided Versus Conventional Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of arrhythmia · 2026Review
- Myocardial characterization using late enhancement photon-counting detector CT in ventricular arrhythmia: comparison with electroanatomical mapping.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Patient selection, ventricular tachycardia substrate delineation, and data transfer for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Outcomes of ventricular tachycardia ablation facilitated by pre-procedural cardiac imaging-derived scar characterization: a prospective multi-centre international registry.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Predictors of long-term success after high-density mapping-guided substrate ablation procedures for ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- High-resolution structural-functional substrate-trigger characterization: Future roadmap for catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Imaging Modality Selection in Cardiac Ablation.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2022Article
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation and Risk Stratification.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Review
- Different road maps for ventricular tachycardia ablation.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2020Article
- Lifting the curtain on ventricular tachycardia substrate with cardiac MRI: Path to enhance ablation outcomes.Indian pacing and electrophysiology journalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMagnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction (MI) helps to delineate scar from healthy tissue. Image-guided VT ablation has not yet been studied on a large scale.
objectiveThe aim of the meta-analysis was to compare the long-term outcome of image-guided VT ablation with a conventional approach for VT after MI.
methodsEight electronic bibliographic databases were searched to identify all relevant studies from 2012 until 2018. The search for scientific literature was performed for studies that described the outcome of VT ablation in patients with an ischaemic substrate. The outcome of image-guided ablation was compared with the outcome of conventional ablations.
resultsOf the 2990 citations reviewed for eligibility, 38 articles-enrolling a total of 7748 patients-were included into the meta-analysis. Five articles included patients with image-guided ablation. VT-free survival was 82% [74-90] in the image-guided VT ablation versus 59% [54-64] in the conventional ablation group (p < 0.001) during a mean follow-up of 35 months. Overall survival was 94% [90-98] in the image-guided versus 82% [76-88] in the conventional VT ablation group (p < 0.001).
conclusionsImage-guided VT ablation in ischaemic VT was associated with a significant benefit in VT-free and overall survival as compared with conventional VT ablation. Visualising myocardial scar facilitates substrate-guided ablation procedures, pre-procedurally and by integrating imaging during the procedure, and may consequently improve long-term outcome.
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