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. 2015 Dec 1;4(3):177–183. doi: 10.15420/aer.2015.4.3.177

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]