Active clinical trials for "Tachycardia, Ventricular"

Ranolazine is an effective and remarkably safe agent for the treatment of patients with chronic stable angina, but its inhibition of voltage gated potassium channels and electrocardiogram (EKG) corrected QT (QTc) prolongation properties have lead many to question its safety when combined with antiarrhythmic drugs. The investigators have proposed a study to determine the safety of ranolazine in patients with chronic stable angina who also take amiodarone. And are conducting a prospective single-center randomized single-blinded placebo controlled trial to run out of our large cardiology practice setting at Cardiovascular Consultants of Nevada. The hypothesis is that there will be no difference in the ventricular arrhythmia burden. The primary outcome will be the measurement of ventricular arrhythmia episodes on serial holter monitor and other serially acquired recordings (such as electrocardiogram, pacemaker or implantable defibrillator (ICD) data, and stress test data) over a three month trial period.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of VT ablation guided by functional evaluation of the substrate to specifically target the reentry-vulnerable zones in patients with infarct-related VT.

Carvedilol is known to be effective in reducing ventricular arrhythmias and mortality in patients with heart failure. It is suggested that one of the mechanisms is its ability to block store overload-induced Calcium release which activates spontaneous calcium release by Ryanodine receptors. Ventricular outflow tract tachyarrhythmia is known to be associated with calcium overload due to activation of Ryanodine receptors. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Carvedilol on premature ventricular complex(PVC)/ventricular tachycardia(VT) originating from outflow tract.

Previous monocentric experiences have already highlighted the role of preoperative cardiac imaging, in particular of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and tomography (CT), in improving the ablation results of scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT). A better characterization of scar obtained with high quality CMR images and post processing data with creation of maps exploring the heart in concentric layers from the endocardium to the epicardium could allow a personalized and more precise approach to this pathology. Aim of the study - Evaluating the feasibility and possible benefit of CMR-guided ablative approach (group 1: ablation of the "anatomical" channels of heterogeneous tissue within the scar) compared to CMR-aided approach (group 2: ablation of the "electrical" conduction channels within the scar) and standard approach (group 3: ablation guided by an electro-anatomical system without the aid of CMR) in a multi-center Tuscan study. What would add the project to what we know - The achievement of the objectives by the project would allow to propose a personalized ablation on the basis of the scar characterization and would allow a better efficacy, efficiency of the procedure and probably also a safer treatment

This study is aimed to compare the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a zero-fluoroscopic approach using Ensite NavX with conventional fluoroscopic approach using Ensite NavX plus fluoroscopy for the ablation of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.

The investigators have conducted a prospective, double-blind, randomized study to assess the comparative safety and efficacy of two different ablation strategies, RFA versus RFA plus botulinum toxin injection, in patients with supra-ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Results were assessed with the use of an implanted monitoring device (IMD).

The study evaluates whether catheter based radiofrequency ablation is superior to optimized antiarrhythmic medical therapy in preventing ventricular tachyarrhythmia relapses in patients with ischemic heart disease and implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

This study will evaluate the feasibility of visualization and characterization of arrhythmia ablation lesions by MRI immediately following standard ablation techniques. The appearance of the ablation lesion will be correlated with clinical outcomes and risk of arrhythmia recurrence.

This research will investigate the PPG signal morphology related to physiological and non- physiological changes in arrhythmia-related heart rate as well as the performance of the PPG-based features previously developed within the framework of the Mini-Holter study to discriminate between several cardiac arrhythmias. To this end, clinical data will be recorded on patients by using a wrist-based PPG monitor simultaneously with 12-lead ECG and intracardiac electrogram (EGM) signals at the university hospital in Lausanne. Importantly, this study will remain purely observational as it will not change the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the included patients, nor will it interfere with the time course of the procedures. The aim of enHEART study is to validate on a larger database the ability of several previously developed PPG-based features to detect a variety of cardiac arrhythmias.

The purpose of this study is to assess whether the burden of untreated non-sustained ventricular tachycardias (VTs), or episodes treated with anti-tachycardia pacing, correlates with appropriate implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shock therapies and to evaluate if the timing of radiofrequency VT ablation affects the prognosis of ICD recipients.