Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation reduces sustained ventricular tachycardia episodes and defibrillator shocks in patients with treatment-refractory disease, without treatment related deaths.

In the single-arm FULCRUM-VT trial, 59% of patients remained free of recurrent VT at 6 months, with less amiodarone use.

April 30, 2004 — An infusion of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) had immediate inhibitory effects on sustained ventricular tachycardia, according to the results of a pilot study published in the ...

CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first, the VANISH2 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) who received VT ablation plus a subcutaneous ICD had ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with ventricular tachycardia indicated for an implantable cardioverter ...

Background A 68-year-old man diagnosed with primary plasma-cell leukemia was given thalidomide maintenance treatment for his disease. He had previously failed induction therapy with cyclophosphamide, ...

Ventricular tachycardia, or V-tach (VT), and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) are two types of tachycardia. The term “tachycardia” refers to a heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute. The key ...

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is an abnormal heart rhythm where the bottom chambers of your heart beat too quickly. People with severe cases may experience sudden cardiac arrest. Conditions that ...