The surgical management of ventricular tachycardia.

A better understanding of the mechanisms of chronic ventricular arrhythmias has led to the development of new surgical techniques for their management with promising results. Simple ventriculotomy is particularly useful in idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (19 cases). Ventricular tachycardia complicating myocardial infarction may be a special indication for an encircling subendocardial ventriculotomy (12 cases).