Authors Reply to Thoughts on Inducibility

We thank M üssigbrodt and colleagues for their interest in our study. We agree that the approach of endocardial-only ablation if ventricular tachycardia (VT) is rendered non-inducible is reasonable for ARVC patients with recurrent VT. Although epicardial ablation is associated with better outcomes in our stud y and that of Wei et al, we do believe that epicardial procedures are associated with greater bleeding risk, which is of sufficiently low frequency to escape detection in reported ARVC series, but still an important consideration, as deaths have occurred.

Source: Heart Rhythm - January 3, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Saagar Mahida, William G. Stevenson Source Type: research