Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)

Sphere-9 VT EFS is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized, unblinded feasibility study. Adult subjects with recurrent, sustained, scar-related monomorphic ventricular tachycardia will be enrolled and treated with the Sphere-9 Catheter and Affera Ablation System.

This is a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter observational registry study designed to systematically evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of catheter ablation for treating atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular tachycardia (VT) in Chinese patients.

The goal of this observational study is to investigate the changes of LBB EGM during daily activities and overdrive pacing at the time of peri-implantation and up to 6-month follow-ups of ICD/CRT-D patients. The main question it aims to answer is: • Does the LBBP lead can provide accurate, stable, and valid EGM for ICD/CRT-D sensing and detection of ventricular tachyarrhythmia events? In each patient intracardiac EGMs of LBBP lead will be collected by ambulatory Holter monitor at the time of peri-implantation and up to 6-month follow-up. EGM collection will be collected at resting and walking conditions and overdrive pacing.

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder and one of the commonest causes of heart-related sudden death. It often affects people who have had a heart attack or other structural heart damage. VT occurs when abnormal electrical circuits develop within and around scar tissue in the heart. People at risk are usually offered an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD), a device that can detect VT and deliver a lifesaving shock. While effective, these shocks can be sudden, painful and distressing. Medications such as amiodarone can also help, but they are often unsuitable for long-term use due to their potential side effects on the liver, lungs and thyroid gland. An alternative is catheter ablation. Thin tubes (catheters) are threaded from a blood vessel in the groin to the heart, allowing the cardiologist to identify scar tissue and abnormal electrical circuits, which can be destroyed using heat, freezing or electrical energy. Although ablation can help many patients, VT can return in up to one in three people after the procedure. This is because it can be difficult to precisely identify the scar and surrounding tissue that sustain the abnormal circuits, making it challenging to know exactly where to apply ablation treatment. Dynamic Voltage Mapping, is a technique which the investigators believe can more accurately identify scar and the critical bordering tissue during ablation. Initial data collected suggests that the approach accurately predicts the VT circuit and helps guide ablation. In this study, the investigators wish to recruit 40 participants undergoing VT ablation to determine how effective Dynamic Voltage Mapping is in real-world procedures.

Steoreotactic therapy radioablation has become a standard of care option for patients with therapy-refractory ventricular tachycardia, yet long-term outcome is lacking. The objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcomes, both efficacy and safety, after STAR in patients with therapy-refractory ventricular tachycardia.

Enrolled patients will undergo an acute procedure in which a catheter is inserted near the heart to ablate a sympathetic nerve, reducing signals that trigger ventricular arrhythmias.

The aim of this study is to define the importance of non-invasive programmed stimulation (NIPS) in risk stratification of ventricular tachycardia (VT) recurrence after catheter ablation and to determine the optimal treatment strategy. The primary objective is to establish whether a new VT ablation based on NIPS inducibility will reduce the risk of VT recurrence compared to antiarrhythmic drug therapy.

During the preoperative examination, in addition to the standard examination recommended before high-risk cardiac surgeries, a digital single-lead ECG is recorded using portable CardioQUARK devices. This ECG is analyzed for time, amplitude, and frequency parameters-more than 200 parameters per cardiac cycle. Additionally, the available parameters of a standard 12-lead ECG recording are determined. All parameters of both single-lead and 12-lead ECGs will be included in a multivariate regression analysis to determine the optimal method for predicting atrial fibrillation, life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, and conduction abnormalities in the perioperative period after high-risk cardiac procedures. The study will include patients undergoing high-risk cardiac surgeries, such as those on the heart, aorta, esophagus, pancreas, liver, and lungs, as well as high-risk oncological surgeries. A partial analysis will also be performed depending on the type of intervention. Rhythm and conduction disturbances will be recorded during surgery, as well as in the postoperative period, using ECG monitors, 24-hour ECG monitoring, and repeated recordings of a standard ECG when complaints or signs of unstable hemodynamics arise

This registry at University Hospital Düsseldorf collects retrospective and prospective (from 2019 onward) data on patients undergoing electrophysiological studies (EPS), catheter ablation, and electrical cardioversion. The primary goal is to evaluate safety, efficacy, and clinical outcomes of these standard procedures in routine care. Data will be used for quality assurance and to identify prognostic patient- and procedure-related factors.

To assess potential link between unrecognized myocardial inflammation (myocarditis) and premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) associated with and without reduced Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) through comprehensive diagnostic work up.

The goal of this observational study is to detect the long-term risk of a composite endpoint event in adult patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) who are managed with catheter ablation or non-ablation management (including modern drug therapy and/or ICD therapy).

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility, safety, and surgical characteristics of the EasyStars™ High Density Mapping Catheterin in patients with complex arrhythmias.

Ventricular arrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms that arise from the bottom chambers of the heart. They can cause debilitating symptoms when they occur intermittently (these are called premature ventricular ectopics or PVCs) and can be life-threatening when they occur continuously (called ventricular tachycardia or VT). These are the most common causes of sudden cardiac death, especially in patients with pre-existing heart disease. They can be a result of overactivation of the sympathetic nervous system, and in extreme circumstances, surgery to cut the nerve may be needed. A novel approach to target this nervous system using a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) machine has successfully treated arrhythmias that come from the top chambers of the heart (atrial fibrillation). An ear clip is applied for an hour per day connected to a device (smaller than a phone) that can activate the parasympathetic nervous system (that counteracts the sympathetic nervous system). This is called Low-Level Tragus Stimulation (LLTS). Because it has been used for epilepsy for decades, we have evidence of a very high safety profile and tolerability. We plan to enrol 72 patients, 34 with many PVCs and 38 with VT, and randomise them to either first receive LLTS or first receive sham treatment (this will appear the same to the patient and researchers but without any meaningful vibrations being emitted in the sham group). Each patient will then swap over to the other treatment. We will compare whether the LLTS reduces the amount of ventricular arrhythmias during compared to the amount during the sham treatment period. We will use Holter monitors to measure the amount of PVCs after each period in the PVC group. VT patients have an implantable defibrillator that continuously monitors for VT episodes in this group. We will only enrol adults who can give informed consent, and study participation will not interfere with a patient's clinical treatment.

The aim of the study is to compare the efficacy and safety of treating recurrent sustained Ventricular Tachycardia (sVT) after prior Catheter Ablation (CA) in patients with Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) between re-do of conventional endocardial CA and Stereotactic Arrhythmia Radioablation (STAR).