ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease clinical trials results

catheter ablation before ICD versus no ablation
VTACH, 2009
NCT00919373
catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia (VT) plus implantable cardioverter defibrillator
versus
implantable cardioverter defibrillator alone
Patients undergoing implantation of an ICD Patients undergoing implantation of an ICD open
Follow-up duration: 27 mo
Europe
SMASH-VT, 2007
ISRCTN62488166
defibrillator implantation with adjunctive catheter ablation
versus
defibrillator implantation alone
patients with a history of a myocardial infarction undergoing defibrillator implantation for spontaneous ventricular tachycardia or fibrillationopen
Follow-up duration: 22.5 mo