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Non-contact mapping in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction

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The treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with underlying ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains a challenge. Ablation of these arrhythmias may have a significant impact on quality of life for patients. For those patients with haemodynamically unstable VT, ablation success rates have been improved by the use of non-contact mapping. Care has to be taken in the analysis and interpretation of non-contact mapping studies, as chamber size and filter settings have a large effect on the appearance of the activation maps produced. Despite this limitation the majority of VT exit sites and part of the diastolic pathway can be identified with non-contact mapping techniques.

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Rajappan, K., Schilling, R.J. Non-contact mapping in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 19, 9–18 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-007-9128-7

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