Venous Ethanol for Ventricular Tachycardia

Exclusion Criteria

• •Serum creatinine \>1.5 mg/dL, or creatinine clearance \<30 ml/min
• •Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction ≤10%
• •Mobile LV thrombus on echocardiography
• •Absence of vascular access to the LV
• •Disease process likely to limit survival to \<12 months
• •New York Heart Association class IV heart failure
• •Cardiac surgery within the past 2 months (unless VT was incessant),
• •Acute coronary syndrome in the past 2 months (acute thrombus diagnosed by coronary angiography, or dynamic ST segment changes demonstrated on EKG)
• •Another reversible cause of VT (e.g. electrolyte abnormalities, drug-induced arrhythmia)
• •Severe aortic stenosis or mitral regurgitation with a flail leaflet
• •Pregnancy
• •Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
• •Covid-19 positive testing within 14 days of randomization procedure
• •Enrolled, or planning to get enrolled, in another research study during his/her participation on the Velvet trial