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Ablation at Virtual-hEart pRedicted Targets for VT
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Virtual Heart Guided Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Completed, enrolled 10 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of the new imaging/simulation ("virtual heart") approach for determining the optimal ablation sites in patients with VT, which render post-infarction VT non-inducible. The study will test both the acute outcome of the ablation procedure, and the effect the use of the predicted targets has upon procedure time.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
If a good quality cardiac MRI is obtained and a virtual heart model with the ablation targets is generated, the operating physician will merge the virtual heart lesion map to the invasive electroanatomical navigation system. After the patient has been catheterized, an attempt should be made to induce VT. The physician should then navigate the catheter to each of the ablation targets specified, and place a lesion as per his or her training and experience, confirming when done that the lesion marker in the mapping system coincides with the target. This will be done for each lesion.