Ventricular Arrhythmias: Current Advances and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 3041
Special Issue Editors
2. Electrophysiology Unit “Casa di Cura Villa Verde”, 74121 Taranto, Italy
Interests: cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac pacing; sports cardiology; atrial fibrillation; sudden cardiac death
2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Interests: cardiac electrophysiology; cardiac pacing; atrial fibrillation; sudden cardiac death; heart failure
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) represent a large panorama that is continuously expanding. Indeed, significant progress is affecting different fields, such as the following:
- Sudden death risk stratification in cardiomyopathies and channelopathies. In particular, the application of imaging (e.g., cardiac magnetic resonance) and genetic data increasingly interplay in the stratification of new risk scores. These methods inextricably integrate with anamnestic data and the 12-lead electrocardiogram, with applications for young people and athletes also.
- Development of new tools and strategies for mapping and treating VAs. They may consist in the application of new energy sources like pulse field ablation or recent designs of novel ablator catheters or, on the other hand, employment of new high-density mapping catheters and algorithms/software of 3D mapping systems to improve and facilitate the quick and accurate annotation of pathologic electrograms and reconstruction of the mechanisms of the arrhythmia;
- VA treatment is not only based on catheter ablation. Devices (transvenous, subcutaneous, or extravascular ICD, CRT, physiological pacing, etc.), drugs, and neuromodulation (e.g., sympathectomy) also comprise the available instruments.
These are just some illustrative main topics on which original research articles or review are welcome in this Special Issue.
Please keep in mind the blooming of artificial intelligence and the digital transformation that medicine is undergoing, which also impact VAs knowledge and treatment.
We believe this Special Issue enrich the field of ventricular arrhythmias with expert contributions.
Dr. Zefferino Palamà
Dr. Antonio Scarà
Guest Editors
Dr. Antonio Gianluca Robles
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- sudden death
- cardiomyopathies
- catheter ablation
- cardiac mapping
- cardiac imaging
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