Seguimiento a largo plazo tras la ablación con radiofrecuencia de taquicardias ventriculares en pacientes portadores de un desfibrilador automático implantable

Radiofrequency ablation successfully disrupts frequent or continuous ventricular tachycardias and significantly reduces the defibrillator discharge rate even when ablation has failed electrophysiologically. It is particularly useful in these latter critical situations, in which other therapies are not sufficiently effective. Because our patients mainly had ischemic heart disease and were highly susceptible to new arrhythmias during followup, ablation complemented rather than replaced the implantable defibrillator.