Efficacy of Medical and Ablation Therapy for Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia: a Single Center Experience

ConclusionsAmongst all medical therapies, there were high rates of treatment failure or symptom worsening in over three quarters of patients in our study. Ivabradine was most beneficial, though the sample size was small. While most patients receiving sinus node modification ablation for IST perceive an acute symptomatic improvement, almost two ‐thirds of patients have no long‐term improvement and resolution of symptoms is quite rare. AV node ablation with pacemaker implantation following lack of response to SNM offered increased success, though the sample size was limited.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology - February 10, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Samuel A. Shabtaie, Chance M. Witt, Samuel J. Asirvatham Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research