Conditions: Ventricular Tachycardia Ischemic
Keywords: Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy Ablation Electrophysiology
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 15
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine if early ablation (i.e., ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with infrequent VT episodes) is more effective than medical therapy alone for the treatment of ischemic ventricular tachycardia in patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) who continue to have episodes of ventricular tachycardia despite drug therapy.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: This group receives radiofrequency catheter ablation and drug treatment. arm 2: This group receives only drug treatment.

Interventions: intervention 1: Drug Treatment intervention 2: Catheter Ablation
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Class I and III antiarrhythmic drug treatment. intervention 2: Radiofrequency catheter ablation and Class I and III antiarrhythmic drug treatment.

Protocol document: