BIDMC VT Center

Official account of the BIDMC Ventricular Tachycardia Center. Focused on multidisciplinary and innovative care of patients with VT. @bidmccvi

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

@TimothyMaherMD1 @enricoferroMD @davilandre @DrGregMichaud

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

In VT substrate mapping, wavefront direction is critical! Here is sinus, RV pacing, and LV pacing all at the same location on the inferior scar. The interaction of the wavefront direction with fixed lines of block create the split and late potentials. #ablateVT @BIDMC_VT

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

Tune in to see how BIDMC VT Center Faculty approach VT substrate mapping by letting physiology lead the way with the WADL approach.

[Enrico Ferro, MD @enricoferroMD]

@CVCTForum: It was great to present our @JAMA_current SAFE-IVC analysis with @US_FDA, and see so much interest from the RCT community on how we can use trial data and "real-world evidence" #RWE as complementary tools. Thank you @DrCaliff_FDA & @Shirley_Wang_V for moderating!

[Enrico Ferro, MD @enricoferroMD]

🚨Mechanical circulatory support in high-risk #PCI: state-of-the-art review in @EuroInterventio covers all available evidence (#RCT+#RWE) from #MCS on the market (#ECMO, TandemHeart, @jjmt_heartrecov #Impella, #IABP) & new devices like @MagentaMed & @BSCCardiology Vitalyst.

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

The BIDMC VT Center team values its collaborations in efforts to help innovate VT ablation.

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

Congrats Pasquale and Kostas! Thrilled to learn from you and participate in this experience with @BIDMC_VT @Davilandre @DShimMD

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

Which map here is VT and which is substrate? A key to mapping fixed lines of block during VT ablation to make the WADLs best match the VT boundaries is to strategically choose a pacing site close to the presumed exit. @BIDMC_VT #ablateVT 1/2🧵

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

Join us at the 19th VT Symposium in NYC Oct 11-12 in NYC in person or online. @BIDMC_VT faculty Jonathan Waks and @TimothyMaherMD1 present on vectorcardiogram predictors of VT inducibility and multiwavefront VT substrate mapping

https://t.co/wGe7sxLfd4
@VTSymposium
@bidmccvi

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

BIDMC VT Center Faculty with @Medtronic and Exponent rethink and re-examine the safety of cremating patients with implantable electronic devices. What happens when the guidelines are put to the test?
@TimothyMaherMD1 @davilandre @nkong_med
@ZimetbaumP, Dan Kramer, Jon Waks

[HeartRhythm @hrs_journal]

Safety and Behavior of Implantable Electronic Devices During Cremation

https://t.co/4dHd7aKvAg

[Enrico Ferro, MD @enricoferroMD]

@ZimetbaumP and I had a great outcome for our patient @BIDMChealth w/ #pacemaker +MSSA bacteremia w/ 2x2cm right atrial mass: #ICE imaging essential to direct #alphavac & remove mass with one single manual aspiration. Given PFO, this greatly enhanced safety of lead extraction!

[BIDMC Smith Center @SmithBIDMC]

Join us in congratulating PIs Dr. Dan Kramer @SmithBIDMC & Dr. Issa Dahabreh @CAUSALab on the award of their study RAPTOR-CIED from @PCORI!

Read more about the project here: https://t.co/thVAaNpdu5

@HarvardChanSPH

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

Learn from BIDMC VT Center Faculty on how to leverage high density mapping to ablate VT with minimal (or no) VT induction.

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

Join us tomorrow (9/9/24) from 7-8:30 PM for an overview and case-based discussion of the WADL approach to VT ablation.
Link to register: https://t.co/eNqIS0bgAc

@BIDMC_VT @davilandre, @syang_md, Andy Locke, @BidmcCvi @JNJMedTech #ablateVT

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

The BIDMC EP Section and VT Center welcome @DrGregMichaud as the new Section Chief of the Electrophysiology Service at BIDMC! @davilandre @ZimetbaumP @BidmcCvi

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

Infarct VT w/ U-shaped WADL in sinus w/ perfect match with a “dead-end” CT wall thickness channel (@inheartmedical). No surprise the VT isthmus was there. A substrate dead end doesn’t necessarily mean bystander! VT is in 3D! @BIDMC_VT @enricoferroMD @davilandre @DrRoderickTung

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

Nice redo post-infarct case - given prior inferior infarct we explored the epicardial space and found nice WADLs and channels seen from multiple points of view: sinus, RV pacing, and LV pacing. @davilandre, @fritzstabenau , @BIDMC_VT , #ablateVT

[Andre d’Avila @Davilandre]

https://t.co/XPtrZurM4O

VT ablation without the need for VT induction and the use of activation map to better understand the substrate.

[Timothy Maher, MD @TimothyMaherMD1]

@Davilandre Find the manuscript here. https://t.co/hvRmIS85yu
Privileged to explore scar conduction physiology and advanced mapping with @davilandre and @BIDMC_VT
#ablateVT

[Jeffrey Winterfield @JRWinterfield]

Enlightened always to see @Davilandre present a delicate balance between aggression and safety for tough to treat summit VT/PVCs @BiosenseWebster #AblateVT course:

@BIDMChealth
@MUSC_Cardiology
@MUSC_EP
@shivkumarmd
@DrRoderickTung

[Jeffrey Winterfield @JRWinterfield]

Amazing to watch @Davilandre present seminal work on fixed lines of block to define VT circuits - check out the recent paper: https://t.co/hgxO5qjKSx

@BiosenseWebster

@DrRoderickTung

[Andre d’Avila @Davilandre]

https://t.co/PWl5DPkLJZ

Great review on Chagas Disease.

[BIDMC VT Center @BIDMC_VT]

@NicolasIsazaMD and Jonathan Waks demonstrate the value of ECG vectorcardiography in predicting which patients will have ventricular arrhythmias induced during EP study. https://t.co/nNN93snkVB
@davilandre @fritzstabenau @TimothyMaherMD1 @tung_patricia @ZimetbaumP