Ventricular tachycardia surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Surgery

According to few studies, patients with ventricular tachycardia may be preferred for surgery if the underlying cause is coronary heart disease and the condition:

• doesn't respond to antiarrhythmic drug therapy, or
• has an underlying pathological condition of heart (tetralogy of fallot, aneurysm), or