ArticleEuropace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2023
Twenty-five years of catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia: a look back and a look forward.
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- Heterogeneity of outcomes reporting in catheter ablation trials for ventricular tachycardia: a systematic review.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 · 2026Pooled it
- Catheter ablation vs. anti-arrhythmic drug therapy for ventricular tachycardia in ischaemic heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Ventricular arrhythmias following left ventricular assist device implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence and clinical impact.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Economic Evaluations in Electrophysiology in the Last 15 Years: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Early substrate-based catheter ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drug therapy for ventricular tachyarrhythmias among patients with prior myocardial infarction: the MANTRA-VT randomized 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 · 2025Trial
- Impact of ventricular tachycardia ablation in subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator carriers: a multicentre, international analysis from the iSUSI project.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 · 2024Trial
- Stereotactic radioablation for ventricular tachycardia in patients untreatable by catheter ablation: evidence of efficacy, safety, and impact on coronary arteries.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 · 2026Article
- Outcomes of catheter ablation for ventr tachycardia in structural heart disease: a meta-analysis and quality appraisal of trials.European heart journal open · 2026Review
- Long-term outcome and predictors for recurrence after medical and interventional treatment of arrhythmias at the UniverSity Heart CenTer Hamburg (TRUST): design and patient profile snapshot of a prospective clinical cohort study.European heart journal open · 2026Article
- Pulsed field ablation for ventricular arrhythmias: From mechanistic foundations to clinical translation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2026Review
- Electrophysiological characteristics of Purkinje potentials and the conduction system in premature ventricular contractions triggering ventricular fibrillation after myocardial infarction.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
- Vascular access and closure management for electrophysiological interventions in 2025: a Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the ESC, and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery.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
- Multidetector computed tomography-integrated ventricular tachycardia ablation in a post-ischemic patient with apical aneurysm and extensive dystrophic calcification.HeartRhythm case reports · 2025Article
- Pulsed field ablation for ventricular tachycardia: are we there yet?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
- Safety and efficacy of a lattice-tip catheter for ventricular arrhythmia ablation: the AFFERA Ventricular Arrhythmia Ablation Registry (AVAAR).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
- Excellent interobserver agreement and steep learning curve for target volume delineation for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation using a commercial software.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
- Novel Electroactive Therapeutic Platforms for Cardiac Arrhythmia Management.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Post-pacing interval after failed anti-tachycardia pacing for scar-related ventricular tachycardia: implications for the location of the critical substrate.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
- State of the Art of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Electrophysiology in 2025: A Scientific Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC, the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and the ESC Working Group on E-Cardiology.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
- Exploring the effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on ventricular arrhythmias: a propensity score-matched analysis.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
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10 authors.
Andrea NataleDepartment of Electrophysiology, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, 3000 N. I-35, Suite 720, Austin, TX 78705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-0728
Katja ZeppenfeldDepartment of Cardiology, Willem Einthoven Center of Arrhythmia Research and Management, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7034-1017
Paolo Della BellaDepartment of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmology, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8346-1387
Xu LiuShanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Avi SabbagSheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, Israel and the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4295-6679
Pasquale SantangeliCardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0023-9666
Philipp SommerHeart and Diabetes Center NRW, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3037-8704
Christian SticherlingUniversity Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8428-7050
Xiaodong ZhangMontefiore Health System, Einstein Medical School, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2856-943X
Luigi Di BiaseDepartment of Electrophysiology, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, 3000 N. I-35, Suite 720, Austin, TX 78705, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6508-4047
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AbbottBiosense WebsterBiotronikBoston ScientificBoston Scientitic Advisory Board EuropeEuropean Union's FP7MedtronicMedtronic Advisory Board EuropeMicroport
Abstract
This article will discuss the past, present, and future of ventricular tachycardia ablation and the continuing contribution of the Europace journal as the platform for publication of milestone research papers in this field of ventricular tachycardia ablation.
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