Epicardial ventricular arrhythmia ablation: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asian Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, the Latin American Heart R
Epicardial access during electrophysiology procedures offers valuable insights and therapeutic options for managing ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). The current clinical consensus statement on epicardial VA ablation aims to provide clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of this complex clinical scenario. It offers structured advice and a systematic approach to patient management. Specific sections are devoted to anatomical considerations, criteria for epicardial access and mapping evaluation, methods of epicardial access, management of complications, training, and institutional requirements for epicardial VA ablation. This consensus is a joint effort of collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, including the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society, and the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society.
Authors
- Arthur A.M. Wilde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-0852)
- Kyoko Soejima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-4563)
- Christian de Chillou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9025-6821)
- Giulio Zucchelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-4541)
- Katja Zeppenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7034-1017)
- Marta de Riva Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-6750)
- Luigi Di Biase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6508-4047)
- André d’Ávila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-1411)
- Christian G. Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0217-3960)
- Boris Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5347-9906)
- Gregory E. Supple (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2248-5139)
- Paolo Della Bella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8346-1387)
- Philipp Sommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-8704)
- Andres A. Enriquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8146-360X)
- Hui‐Nam Pak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3256-3620)
- Kalyanam Shivkumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4121-1766)
- Andreu Porta‐Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-1488)
- Josef Kautzner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1632-6182)
- Víctor Bazán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8072-7434)
- John L. Sapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-2751)
- Alireza Sepehri Shamloo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-8664)
- William G. Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2118-7893)
- Mélèze Hocini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-8766)
- Thomas Deneke
- Arash Arya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7610-9314)
- Antonio Berruezo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-383X)
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Kyorin University (JP)
- Queen's University (CA)
- UCLA Health (US)
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia (DE)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- San Raffaele University of Rome (IT)
- Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute (FR)
- Hospital Quirón Teknon (ES)
- Nuremberg Hospital (DE)
- Montefiore Health System (US)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- Imagerie Adaptative Diagnostique et Interventionnelle (FR)
- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (CZ)
- Agaplesion Bethanien Krankenhaus (DE)
- Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DE)
- Agaplesion Markus Hospital (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
- Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (ES)
- Yonsei University Health System (KR)
- Vanderbilt Health (US)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (IT)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Université de Lorraine (FR)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EP Europace
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf055
- Citations
- 18
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 24.99