Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Association between amiodarone and ventricular tachycardia after left ventricular assist device implant: a single-center experience

  • Published:
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Raasch H, Jensen BC, Chang PP, et al. Epidemiology, management, and outcomes of sustained ventricular arrhythmias after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. Am Heart J. 2012;164(3):373–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.06.018.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Galand V, Flécher E, Auffret V, et al. Early ventricular arrhythmias after LVAD implantation is the strongest predictor of 30-day post-operative mortality. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019;5(8):944–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2019.05.025.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Gopinathannair R, Pothineni NVK, Trivedi JR, et al. Amiodarone use and all-cause mortality in patients with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022;11(11):e023762. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023762.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Sacher F, Reichlin T, Zado ES, et al. Characteristics of ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015;8(3):592–7. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002394.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Cantillon DJ, Bianco C, Wazni OM, et al. Electrophysiologic characteristics and catheter ablation of ventricular tachyarrhythmias among patients with heart failure on ventricular assist device support. Heart Rhythm. 2012;9(6):859–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.01.018.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    John Larson, Keerthi Gondi & Andrew Chou

  2. Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Amrish Deshmukh, Michael Ghannam, Erin C. Judge, Rakesh Latchamsetty, Krit Jongnarangsin, Frank Bogun & Jackson J. Liang

  3. Heart Failure Section, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Thomas M. Cascino & Keith D. Aaronson

  4. Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

    Francis D. Pagani

Authors
  1. John Larson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Keerthi Gondi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Andrew Chou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Amrish Deshmukh
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Thomas M. Cascino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Michael Ghannam
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Erin C. Judge
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Rakesh Latchamsetty
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Krit Jongnarangsin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Keith D. Aaronson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Francis D. Pagani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Frank Bogun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. Jackson J. Liang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jackson J. Liang.

Ethics declarations

Ethical approval

The study is approved by the University of Michigan IRB.

Informed consent

N/A

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Larson, J., Gondi, K., Chou, A. et al. Association between amiodarone and ventricular tachycardia after left ventricular assist device implant: a single-center experience. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 66, 1265–1267 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01401-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-022-01401-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation