Table 2: Long-term VT Recurrence Rates after Catheter Ablation in Patients with Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy.
Author | Year | Number of Patients | Follow-up (Months) | VT Recurrence (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Morady et al.[29] | 1993 | 15 | 9 | 13 |
Kim et al.[22] | 1994 | 21 | 13 | 45 |
Gonska et al.[23] | 1994 | 72* | 24 | 20 |
Rothman et al.[25] | 1997 | 35 | 14 | 31 |
Stevenson et al.[26] | 1998 | 52 | 18 | 31 |
Ortiz et al.[30] | 1999 | 34 | 26 | 38 |
El-Shalakany et al.[31] | 1999 | 15 | 15 | 27 |
Calkins et al.[18] | 2000 | 119 | 8 | 46 |
Borger van der Burg et al.[32] | 2002 | 89 | 34 | 23 |
Della Bella et al.[27] | 2002 | 124 | 41 | 28 |
O’Donnell et al.[33] | 2002 | 109 | 61 | 23 |
Segal et al.[34] | 2005 | 40 | 36 | 57 |
Verma et al.[35] | 2005 | 46 | 16 | 37 |
Stevenson et al.[19] | 2008 | 231 | 6 | 47 |
Tanner et al.[20] | 2010 | 63 | 12 | 49 |
Dinov et al.[36] | 2014 | 164 | 27 | 57 |
Prioretti et al.[28] | 2015 | 87 | 21 | 26 |
Reddy et al. (SMASH-VT)[14] | 2007 | 128 | 23 | 12 |
Kuck et al. (VTACH)[15] | 2010 | 107 | 23 | 53 |
Al-Khatib et al. (CALYPSO)[16] | 2015 | 7 | 6 | 62 |
*This study included 136 patients in total, only 72 of whom underwent radiofrequency ablation. VT = ventricular tachycardia. Adapted with permission from: Santangeli et al., 2011.[91]