Imaging With a Radio Tracer to Guide VT Ablations

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Some patients are at risk for life-threatening fast heart rates. These can frequently be treated by using a catheter inside the heart to burn away the cells that create the fast heart rates. The purpose of this study is to image the nerves inside the heart of those patients. The investigators want to find out if abnormalities in the nervous system in the heart can help the physician to find the area that needs to be burnt away.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Maryland; University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Collaborator: GE Healthcare
• Treatments: 3-Iodobenzylguanidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with ventricular arrhythmias requiring VT Ablation

• Patients must be 18 years of age or older

• Patient must be able to sign consent form

• Patient must be willing to come back for the 6 month visit for additional study procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient under 18 years old

• Inability to sign consent

• Pregnant Women