The Lead Podcast - Episode 71

William H. Sauer, MD, FHRS, CCDS, Brigham and Women's Hospital is joined by Andrés Felipe Miranda-Arboleda, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital Babak Nazer, MD, University of Washington to discuss how Purkinje fibers play an important role in the initiation and maintenance of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT). Fascicular substrate modification (FSM) approaches have been suggested to treat recurrent VF in case reports and small case series. https://www.hrsonline.org/education/TheLead https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.03.035 Host Disclosure(s): W. Sauer: Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting: Biotronik, Biosense Webster, Inc., Abbott, Boston Scientific, Research: Medtronic   Contributor Disclosure(s): A. Miranda-Arboleda: Nothing to disclose. B. Nazar: Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting: Biosense Webster, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, Research: Biosense Webster This episode has .25 ACE credits associated with it. If you want credit for listening to this episode, please visit the episode page on HRS365 https://www.heartrhythm365.org/URL/TheLeadEpisode71