Testing nerve stimulation effects during heart ablation
Treatments studied
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial studies how a type of nerve stimulation affects the heart’s electrical signals during a procedure to treat a dangerous fast heart rhythm (ventricular tachycardia). It may help doctors better understand safety and effects during planned ablation.
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Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You are scheduled to have a catheter-based ablation for ventricular tachycardia (a fast abnormal heart rhythm).
- You are not pregnant (or you can confirm you are not).
- You do not have a contraindication (a medical reason that would make it unsafe) to either the nerve block/stimulation used in this study or to ventricular tachycardia ablation.
- You do not have a history of allergy (hypersensitivity) to local anesthetic medicines of the “amide” type.
- Your heart/blood pressure are stable during the procedure before the study part begins.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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