ECG Criteria for Localizing the Pulmonary Vein Origin of Spontaneous Atrial Premature Complexes: Validation Using Intracardiac Recordings

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-188

  Rajawat, Yadavendra S ^a   Gerstenfeld, Edward P ^a   Patel, Vickas V ^a   Dixit, Sanjay ^a   Callans, David J ^a   Marchlinski, Francis E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial premature complex; Pulmonary vein; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Surface ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1342280351     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00408.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Haissaguerre M, Marcus FI, Fischer B, et al. Radiofrequency catheter ablation in unusual mechanism of atrial fibrillation: Reports of three cases. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1994; 5:743-751.
2. Haissaguerre M, Jais P, Shah DC, et al. Right and left atrial radiofrequency catheter therapy of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Cardivasc Electrophysiol 1996; 7:1132-1144.
3. Jais P, Haissaguerre M, Shah DC, et al. A focal source of atrial fibrillation treated by discrete radiofrequency ablation. Circulation 1997; 95:572-576.
4. Haissaguerre M, Jais P, Shah DC, et al. Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins. N Engl J Med 1998; 339:659-666.
5. Hsieh MH, Chen SA, Tsai C, et al. Double multielectrode mapping catheter ablation of focal atrial fibrillation originating from pulmonary veins. J Cardiovasc Electropysiol 1999; 10:136-144.
6. Ahar M, Callans D, Kocovic D, et al. Quantitative characterization of P wave from limb leads of surface electrocardiogram to identify left versus right pulmonary vein origin. (abstract) J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 35(Suppl.A):1164.
7. Yamane T, Shah D, Peng J, et al. Morphological characteristics of P waves during selective pulmonary vein pacing. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:1505-1510.
8. Tse H, Lau C, Lee K, et al. P wave polarity during pacing in pulmonary veins. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2001; 5:167-172.
9. Ashar M, Pennington J, Calans D, et al. Localization of arrhymogenic triggers of atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2000; 11:1300-1305.
10. Ho S, Cabrera J, Tran V, et al. Architecture of the pulmonary veins: Relevance to radiofrequency ablation. Heart 2001; 104;e30-e31.
11. Tritto M, De Ponti R, Zardini M, et al. Electrical connection between pulmonary vein in humans. Circulation 2001; 104:e30-e31.
12. Takahashi Y, Lesaka Y, Takahashi A, et al. Electrical connection between left superior and inferior pulmonary vein in a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002; 13:490-492.
13. Tang C, Scheinman M, Van Hare G, et al. Use of P wave configuration during atrial tachycardia to predict site of origin. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 26:1315-1324.
14. Marchlinski FE, Coyne RF, Man DC, et al. New ECG criteria for identifying annular versus crist terminalis site of origin for right atrial tachycardia, (abstract) PACE 1997; 20(Part II):1122.
15. Tada H. Nogami A, Naito S, et al. Simple electrocardiographic criteria for identifying the site of origin of focal right atrial tachycardia. PACE 1998; 12(Part II):2431-2439.
16. Kuo J, Tai C, Tsao H, et al. P wave polarities of an arrhythmogenic focus in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation originating form superior vena cava or right superior pulmonary vein. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2003; 14:350-357.
17. Choi K, Shah D, Jais P, et al. QRST substraction combined with a pacemap catalogue for the prediction of ectopy source by surface electrocardiogram in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 40:2013-2021.