Topic:

Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia After Myocardial Infarction: Techniques, Indications, and Recent Advances

Faculty/Credentials: Tristram D. Bahnson, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1. Understand how prior myocardial infarction changes the heart to produce ventricular tachycarrhythmias and how ventricular tachycardia occurs.

2. Understand the evolution of therapeutic catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia, including the procedural success rates, principles that guide how the procedure is done, and techniques for identifying areas that should be ablated during these procedures.

3. Understand which patients are eligible for catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia and how new technologies are being applied to expand pati