Epicardial access during electrophysiology procedures offers valuable insights and therapeutic options for managing ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). The current clinical consensus statement on epicardial VA ablation aims to provide clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of this complex clinical scenario. It offers structured advice and a systematic approach to patient management. Specific sections are devoted to anatomical considerations, criteria for epicardial access and mapping evaluation, methods of epicardial access, management of complications, training, and institutional requirements for epicardial VA ablation. This consensus is a joint effort of collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, including the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Heart Rhythm Society, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society, and the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society.

• Klíčová slova
• Cardiomyopathies, Catheter ablation, Clinical consensus statement, Electrophysiology procedures, Epicardial access, Ventricular arrhythmias, Ventricular fibrillation, Ventricular tachycardia,
• MeSH
• elektrofyziologické techniky kardiologické normy   MeSH
• epikardiální mapování MeSH
• katetrizační ablace * metody   normy   MeSH
• komorová tachykardie * chirurgie   diagnóza   patofyziologie   MeSH
• konsensus * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• perikard chirurgie   MeSH
• srdeční arytmie chirurgie   diagnóza   patofyziologie   terapie   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• směrnice pro lékařskou praxi MeSH