BACKGROUND: Electrical storm (ES) due to drug refractory @entity1165 ( @entity1165 ) occurring within first few weeks of acute @entity583 ( @entity583 ) has poor prognosis. Catheter ablation has been proposed for treating @entity1165 occurring late after @entity583 , but there is limited data on catheter ablation in @entity1165 within first few weeks of @entity583 . METHODS AND RESULTS: Five @entity1 (4 males, mean age 54.2  12.11 years) between June 2008 to July 2012, referred for @entity1165 presenting as ES refractory to antiarrhythmic drugs in the early post @entity1188 period (six weeks following @entity583 ) despite revascularization. Three @entity1 had anterior wall @entity583 and two inferior wall @entity583 with left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 26 to 35%.All underwent catheter ablation within 48 hours of being in @entity1165 except one who presented late. Clinical @entity1165 was induced in all five @entity1 . Total number of VTs induced were 11 (2.2  1.09 per @entity1 ). Two @entity1 needed epicardial ablation via pericardial puncture. Though acute success was 100%, one @entity1 had recurrence of clinical @entity1165 the next day of procedure.One @entity1 succumbed to @entity295 with @entity881 . The remaining four @entity1 are doing well without further clinical recurrence of @entity1165 over a period of 3.7 years of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Catheter ablation can be a useful adjunctive therapy for @entity1 with recurrent @entity1165 in the early post @entity1188 period. This procedure appears to be safe with acceptable success rate.

Catheter ablation in @entity1 with electrical storm in early post XXXX period (6 weeks): a single centre experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['sepsis'] @entity1165 :: ('MESH:D017180', 'Disease') :: ['VT', 'ventricular tachycardia'] @entity1188 :: ('MESH:D007238', 'Disease') :: ['infarction'] @entity881 :: ('MESH:D009102', 'Disease') :: ['multiple organ failure'] @entity583 :: ('MESH:D009203', 'Disease') :: ['myocardial infarction', 'MI']
@entity1188 :: (MESH:D007238,Disease) :: ['infarction']
