Focus on stereotactic radiotherapy: A new way to treat severe ventricular arrhythmias?

We describe the effect of radioablation on cardiac tissue and its interaction with intracardiac devices, depending on the dose. The different clinical studies on ventricular tachycardia radioablation are analysed, with a focus on target identification, which is the key feature of this approach. Our document ends with the indications and requirements for practicing this type of procedure in 2020. Finally, because of the limited number of patients treated so far, we encourage multicentre registries with long-term follow-up.
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Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - January 18, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sacher F, Gandjbakhch E, Maury P, Jenny C, Khalifa J, Boveda S, Defaye P, Gras D, Klug D, Laurent G, Lellouche N, Mansourati J, Marijon E, Piot O, Taieb J, Cochet H, Maingon P, Pruvot E, Fauchier L, Working Group of Cardiac Pacing, Electrophysiology of th Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research