Ventricular arrhythmias are one of the most life-threatening acute clinical conditions. They can be at the basis of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a condition in which the speed and effectiveness of the rescue system, which involves both the citizen and the emergency medical system, is crucial to improve survival. They can also occur in patients implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or in patients hospitalized for different medical conditions. Both the prediction of their occurrence and the acute and chronic treatment are some of the most fascinating challenges for physicians involved in both pre-hospital rescue and in the hospital management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias.
The goal of the present Research Topic is to improve the knowledge regarding all the aspects related to ventricular arrhythmias. Despite a lot of progress that has been made in recent years regarding the prediction and treatment of this issue, many gaps of knowledge are still present. To refine the arrhythmic risk stratification using advanced imaging tools and electrophysiological tests is a challenge for clinicians, both in the patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and in the patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, the pre-hospital treatment, both considering the rescue system involving citizens and emergency medical system, and the use of advanced therapeutic techniques, can improve the patients’ survival. Finally, the acute and chronic treatment of ventricular arrhythmias in hospitals has seen the emergence of new techniques over the years, both in terms of transcatheter and non-invasive ablations, which have shown that they can be further improved.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1) To improve the knowledge about the arrhythmic risk stratification of the patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and in patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias.
2) To improve the out-of-hospital “chain of survival” to increase the chance of survival of patients suffering from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
3) To improve the knowledge regarding advanced pre-hospital treatment strategies to increase survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
4) To improve the knowledge regarding transcatheter and non-invasive ablations of ventricular arrhythmias.
5) To improve the knowledge regarding acute or chronic modulation of the autonomic system to reduce the ventricular arrhythmias.
Ventricular arrhythmias are one of the most life-threatening acute clinical conditions. They can be at the basis of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, a condition in which the speed and effectiveness of the rescue system, which involves both the citizen and the emergency medical system, is crucial to improve survival. They can also occur in patients implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or in patients hospitalized for different medical conditions. Both the prediction of their occurrence and the acute and chronic treatment are some of the most fascinating challenges for physicians involved in both pre-hospital rescue and in the hospital management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias.
The goal of the present Research Topic is to improve the knowledge regarding all the aspects related to ventricular arrhythmias. Despite a lot of progress that has been made in recent years regarding the prediction and treatment of this issue, many gaps of knowledge are still present. To refine the arrhythmic risk stratification using advanced imaging tools and electrophysiological tests is a challenge for clinicians, both in the patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and in the patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, the pre-hospital treatment, both considering the rescue system involving citizens and emergency medical system, and the use of advanced therapeutic techniques, can improve the patients’ survival. Finally, the acute and chronic treatment of ventricular arrhythmias in hospitals has seen the emergence of new techniques over the years, both in terms of transcatheter and non-invasive ablations, which have shown that they can be further improved.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1) To improve the knowledge about the arrhythmic risk stratification of the patients with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and in patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias.
2) To improve the out-of-hospital “chain of survival” to increase the chance of survival of patients suffering from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
3) To improve the knowledge regarding advanced pre-hospital treatment strategies to increase survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients.
4) To improve the knowledge regarding transcatheter and non-invasive ablations of ventricular arrhythmias.
5) To improve the knowledge regarding acute or chronic modulation of the autonomic system to reduce the ventricular arrhythmias.