ReviewJournal of arrhythmia2021
Ablation therapy for ventricular arrhythmias in patients with LVAD: Multiple faces of an electrophysiological challenge.
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- Advanced Electroanatomic Mapping with the TriDeca™ Catheter in Left Ventricular Assist Device-associated Ventricular Tachycardia: A Report of Two Cases.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2026Article
- Hybrid catheter ablation and minimally invasive LVAD implantation in a high-risk patient with refractory ventricular tachycardia.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Sympathectomy in refractory ventricular arrhythmias in patients with left ventricular assist device: a grand round case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2025Article
- Outcomes following catheter ablation for structural ventricular tachycardia stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction: A retrospective cohort study.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- First in Asia: Ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with mechanical aortic and mitral valves using right atrium to left ventricle approach.Journal of arrhythmia · 2025Article
- Ventricular Arrhythmias in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients-Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Refractory hypoxemia from intracardiac shunting following ventricular tachycardia ablation in a patient with a left ventricular assist device.HeartRhythm case reports · 2022Article
- Ablation therapy for ventricular arrhythmias in patients with LVAD: Multiple faces of an electrophysiological challenge.Journal of arrhythmia · 2021Review
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Abstract
Left ventricular assist device implantation is a recognized treatment option for patients with advanced heart failure refractory to medical therapy and can be used both as bridge to transplantation and as destination therapy. The risk of ventricular arrhythmias is common after left ventricular assist device implantation and is influenced by pre-, peri and post-operative determinants. The management of ventricular arrhythmias can be a challenge when they become refractory to medication or to device therapy and their impact on prognosis can be detrimental despite the mechanical support. In this setting, catheter ablation is being increasingly recognized as a feasible option for patients in which standard therapeutic strategies fail, but also with preventive purpose. Catheter ablation is being increasingly considered for the management of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with left ventricular assist device despite complex clinical and technical peculiarities due to the characteristics of the mechanical support. Much conflicting data exist regarding the predictors of success of the procedure and the rate of recurrence. In this review we discuss the latest evidences regarding catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in this subset of patients, focusing on clinical characteristics, arrhythmia etiology, technical aspects and postprocedural features which must be considered by the electrophysiologist.
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