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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Clinical Evidence behind Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia (STAR)-A Comprehensive Review.

Marcin Miszczyk, Tomasz Jadczyk, Krzysztof Gołba, Wojciech Wojakowski, Krystian Wita, Jacek Bednarek, Sławomir Blamek

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07017855 (Stereotactic Radiosurgery as Second-line Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardia), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07017855 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Stereotactic Radiosurgery as Second-line Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardia

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of SilesiaRan2025 to 2028Enrolled150ConditionsVentricular Tachycardia, Monomorphic, Ventricular Tachycardia, Sustained, Ventricular Tachycardia (VT), Ventricular Tachycardia (V-Tach)ArmsStereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR), Catheter Ablation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Development of a prospective clinical workflow for proton beam therapy of ventricular tachycardia.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2026
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  3. Radiation therapy for ventricular arrhythmias.Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology · 2024
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  5. Patient vulnerability in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR): a preliminary ethical appraisal from the STOPSTORM.eu consortium.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2024
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  6. Letter on 'linear accelerator-based stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in elderly: a prospective phase II trial'.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 · 2024
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  7. Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation and its implications for modern cardiac electrophysiology: results of an EHRA survey.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 · 2024
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  11. STereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR): the Standardized Treatment and Outcome Platform for Stereotactic Therapy Of Re-entrant tachycardia by a Multidisciplinary consortium (STOPSTORM.eu) and review of current patterns of STAR practice in Europe.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 · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Marcin MiszczykIIIrd Department of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4375-0827
Tomasz JadczykDepartment of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.
Krzysztof GołbaUpper-Silesian Heart Center, Department of Electrocardiology, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.
Wojciech WojakowskiDepartment of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3681-5207
Krystian WitaFirst Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.
Jacek BednarekDepartment of Electrocardiology, John Paul II Hospital, 31-202 Cracow, Poland.
Sławomir BlamekDepartment of Radiotherapy, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 44-102 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0585-9100
Medical University of Silesia · PLThe Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PLJohn Paul II Hospital · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrophysiology-guided noninvasive cardiac radioablation, also known as STAR (stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation) is an emerging treatment method for persistent ventricular tachycardia. Since its first application in 2012 in Stanford Cancer Institute, and a year later in University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic, the authors from all around the world have published case reports and case series, and several prospective trials were established. In this article, we would like to discuss the available clinical evidence, analyze the potentially clinically relevant differences in methodology, and address some of the unique challenges that come with this treatment method.

Indexed as

ablationnoninvasiveradiosurgerystereotactic body radiation therapysubstrate ablationventricular tachycardia

Identifiers

PMID33802802
PMCPMC8002399
OpenAlexW3136579434

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