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This study evaluated procedural characteristics and outcomes of LIE-CT-supported VT ablation versus conventional mapping (CM) in NIDCM patients. Methods: NIDCM patients undergoing VT ablation between January 2022 and August 2024 were retrospectively analyzed. LIE-CT data were processed using inHEART software. Patients were matched 1:1 by propensity score based on baseline characteristics, electrical storm, and prior ablations. Results: A total of 46 patients (mean age 59 \u00b1 16.4 years, 74% male) were included (23 LIE-CT, 23 CM). Procedure durations were comparable (231.5 \u00b1 74.2 vs. 220.2 \u00b1 70.2 min, p = 0.5), but mapping time (35.9 \u00b1 15.3 vs. 54 \u00b1 5 min, p &lt; 0.001) and fluoroscopy time (14.7 \u00b1 5.1 vs. 21.3 \u00b1 10.6 min, p = 0.02) were significantly shorter with LIE-CT. Epicardial access was more frequent (52% vs. 26%, p &lt; 0.001), and bipolar ablation for intramural scar was performed in 17% of LIE-CT cases. There were no significant differences in acute kidney injury or 30-day mortality. At a median follow-up of 367 days, VT-free survival was 57% with LIE-CT and 52% with CM (p = 0.8). Conclusions: LIE-CT-supported VT ablation and substrate visualization was safe, without additional risk of acute kidney injury, and enabled more efficient and targeted VT ablation. Prospective studies are warranted to assess its impact on long-term outcomes in NIDCM patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14165801","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,18]],"date-time":"2025-08-18T15:34:53Z","timestamp":1755531293000},"page":"5801","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Preprocedural Substrate Visualization and Image Integration Based on Late Enhancement Computed Tomography for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0468-4887","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jan-Hendrik","family":"van den Bruck","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0208-3295","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jan-Hendrik","family":"Schipper","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6346-7500","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katharina","family":"Seuthe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4545-6971","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sebastian","family":"Dittrich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-5761-6957","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Theodoros","family":"Maximidou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arian","family":"Sultan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"St. Georg Heart Center Hamburg, Asklepios Clinic Hamburg, 20099 Hamburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9942-0368","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jana","family":"Ackmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2213-8946","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonas","family":"W\u00f6rmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cornelia","family":"Scheurlen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4667-2200","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jakob","family":"L\u00fcker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6839-5895","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Steven","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department for Electrophysiology, Heart Center University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"598","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCEP.114.002295","article-title":"Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia and Mortality in Patients with Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Can Noninducibility after Ablation Be a Predictor for Reduced Mortality?","volume":"8","author":"Dinov","year":"2015","journal-title":"Circ. 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