Ventricular tachycardia or frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) can occur in the absence of any detectable structural heart disease. In this clinical setting, these arrhythmias are termed idiopathic. Usually, they carry a benign prognosis and any potential ablative intervention is carried out if patients are highly symptomatic or, more importantly, if frequent ventricular arrhythmias can lead to ventricular dysfunction.

Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia: Transcatheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs? / Tondo, Claudio; Carbucicchio, Corrado; Dello Russo, Antonio; Majocchi, Benedetta; Zucchetti, Martina; Pizzamiglio, Francesca; Bologna, Fabrizio; Cattaneo, Fabio; Colombo, Daniele; Russo, Eleonora; Casella, Michela. - In: JOURNAL OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. - ISSN 1941-6911. - 7:5(2015), p. 1164. [10.4022/jafib.1164]

Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia: Transcatheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs?

Dello Russo, Antonio;Casella, Michela
2015-01-01

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia or frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) can occur in the absence of any detectable structural heart disease. In this clinical setting, these arrhythmias are termed idiopathic. Usually, they carry a benign prognosis and any potential ablative intervention is carried out if patients are highly symptomatic or, more importantly, if frequent ventricular arrhythmias can lead to ventricular dysfunction.
2015
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