[Ventricular tachyarrhythmia in acute and chronic myocardial ischemia: non-drug therapy and evaluation of outcome].

In recent years new methods of non-pharmacological therapy of ventricular tachyarrhythmias have gained increasing importance. The development of implantable defibrillators and increasing experience with catheter ablation techniques represent important alternatives to pharmacological antiarrhythmic therapy which is presently employed only in a subgroup of patients with life-threatening tachyarrhythmias and coronary heart disease.