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JACC-CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 13-24Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2018.08.010
Keywords
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; catheter ablation; endocardial ablation; epicardial ablation; ischemic cardiomyopathy; nonischemic cardiomyopathy; structural heart disease; ventricular tachycardia; VT recurrence
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- Biosense Webster
- Abbott
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine whether combined endocardial-epicardial (endo-epi) ablation was superior to endocardial only ablation in patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT). BACKGROUND Limited single-center studies suggest that combined endo-epi ablation strategy may be superior to endocardial ablation (endo) alone in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), and ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). METHODS A systematic review of Medline, Cochrane, and Embase databases was performed for studies that reported outcomes comparing endo-epi with endo VT ablation alone. RESULTS Seventeen studies consisting of 975 patients were included (mean 56 +/- 10 years of age; 79% male; NICM in 36.6%; ICM in 32.8%; and ARVC in 30.6%). After a mean follow-up of 27 +/- 21 months, endo-epi ablation was associated with a 35% reduction in risk of VT recurrence compared with endocardial ablation alone (risk ratio [RR]: 0.65; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.55 to 0.78; p < 0.001). Sensitivity analysis showed lower risk of VT recurrence in ICM (RR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.67; p < 0.0002) and ARVC (RR: 0.59; 95% CI: 0.43 to 0.82; p = 0.0002), with a nonsignificant trend in NICM (RR: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.70 to 1.08; p = 0.20). Endo-epi, compared with endo ablation, was associated with reduced all-cause mortality (RR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.32 to 0.97; p = 0.04). Acute procedural complications were higher with the endo-epi approach (RR: 2.62; 95% CI: 0.91 to 7.52; p = 0.07). CONCLUSIONS This meta-analysis suggests that a combined endo-epi ablation is associated with a lower risk of VT recurrence and subsequent mortality than endo only VT ablation in patients with scar-related VT. Procedural complications, however, are higher with the endo-epi approach. Crown Copyright (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. All rights reserved.
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