Electrophysiologic characterization of local abnormal ventricular activities in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia with respect to their anatomic location

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1630-1637

  Komatsu, Yuki ^a   Daly, Matthew ^a   Sacher, Frédéric ^a   Derval, Nicolas ^a   Pascale, Patrizio ^a   Roten, Laurent ^a   Scherr, Daniel ^a   Jadidi, Amir ^a   Ramoul, Khaled ^a   Denis, Arnaud ^a   Jesel, Laurence ^a   Zellerhoff, Stephan ^a   Lim, Han S ^a   Shah, Ashok ^a   Cochet, Hubert ^a   Hocini, Mélèze ^a   Haïssaguerre, Michel ^a   Jaïs, Pierre ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter ablation; Local abnormal ventricular activities; Mapping; Postmyocardial infarction; Three dimensional mapping; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LOCAL ABNORMAL VENTRICULAR ACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTINFARCTION VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

3D-EAM; CATHETER ABLATION; ICD; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; LAVA; LEFT VENTRICLE; LOCAL ABNORMAL VENTRICULAR ACTIVITIES; LV; MAPPING; POSTMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RIGHT VENTRICLE; RV; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROANATOMIC MAPPING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VT;

BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84887017641     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. A. Natale, A. Raviele, and A. Al-Ahmad Venice Chart International Consensus document on ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation ablation J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 21 2010 339 379
2. E.M. Aliot, W.G. Stevenson, and J.M. Almendral-Garrote EHRA/HRS expert consensus on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias Heart Rhythm 6 2009 886 933
3. W.G. Stevenson, D.J. Wilber, and A. Natale Multicenter Thermocool VT Ablation Trial Investigators. Irrigated radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by electroanatomic mapping for recurrent ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: the Multicenter Thermocool Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Trial Circulation 118 2008 2773 2782
4. F.E. Marchlinski, D.J. Callans, C.D. Gottlieb, and E. Zado Linear ablation lesions for control of unmappable ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy Circulation 101 2000 1288 1296
5. P. Jaïs, P. Maury, and P. Khairy Elimination of local abnormal ventricular activities: a new end point for substrate modification in patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia Circulation 125 2012 2184 2196
6. P.I. Gardner, P.C. Ursell, and J.J. Fenoglio Jr Wit AL. Electrophysiologic and anatomic basis for fractionated electrograms recorded from healed myocardial infarcts Circulation 72 1985 596 611
7. J.M. de Bakker, F.J. van Capelle, and M.J. Janse Slow conduction in the infarcted human heart "zigzag" course of activation Circulation 88 1993 915 926
8. D. Durrer, R.T. van Dam, G.E. Freud, M.J. Janse, F.L. Meijler, and R.C. Arzbaecher Total excitation of the isolated human heart Circulation 41 1970 899 912
9. B. Surawicz, R. Childers, and B.J. Deal AHA/ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram: part III: intraventricular conduction disturbances: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society. Endorsed by the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology J Am Coll Cardiol 53 2009 976 981
10. W.G. Stevenson, H. Khan, and P. Sager Identification of reentry circuit sites during catheter mapping and radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia late after myocardial infarction Circulation 88 1993 1647 1670
11. A. Arenal, S. del Castillo, and E. Gonzalez-Torrecilla Tachycardia-related channel in the scar tissue in patients with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias: influence of the voltage scar definition Circulation 110 2004 2568 2574
12. P.R. Benchimol-Barbosa, and R.T. Muniz Ventricular late potential duration correlates to the time of onset of electrical transients during ventricular activation in subjects post-acute myocardial infarction Int J Cardiol 129 2008 285 287
13. K. Yoshida, M. Yokokawa, and B. Desjardins Septal involvement in patients with post-infarction ventricular tachycardia: implications for mapping and radiofrequency ablation J Am Coll Cardiol 58 2011 2491 2500
14. A. Arenal, E. Glez-Torrecilla, and M. Ortiz Ablation of electrograms with an isolated, delayed component as treatment of unmappable monomorphic ventricular tachycardias in patients with structural heart disease J Am Coll Cardiol 41 2003 81 92
15. F. Bogun, E. Good, and S. Reich Isolated potentials during sinus rhythm and pace-mapping within scars as guides for ablation of post-infarction ventricular tachycardia J Am Coll Cardiol 47 2006 2013 2019
16. F. Bogun, S. Krishnan, and M. Siddiqui Electrogram characteristics in postinfarction ventricular tachycardia: effect of infarct age J Am Coll Cardiol 46 2005 667 674
17. S. Nakahara, R. Tung, and R.J. Ramirez Characterization of the arrhythmogenic substrate in ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy implications for catheter ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia J Am Coll Cardiol 55 2010 2355 2365
18. P. Vergara, N. Trevisi, and A. Ricco Late potentials abolition as an additional technique for reduction of arrhythmia recurrence in scar related ventricular tachycardia ablation J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 23 2012 621 627
19. A. Arenal, J. Hernández, and D. Calvo Safety, long-term results, and predictors of recurrence after complete endocardial ventricular tachycardia substrate ablation in patients with previous myocardial infarction Am J Cardiol 111 2013 499 505
20. T Harada, W.G. Stevenson, D.Z. Kocovic, and P.L. Friedman Catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction: relation of endocardial sinus rhythm late potentials to the reentry circuit J Am Coll Cardiol 30 1997 1015 1023
21. C.B. Brunckhorst, W.G. Stevenson, and W.M. Jackman Ventricular mapping during atrial and ventricular pacing. Relationship of multipotential electrograms to ventricular tachycardia reentry circuits after myocardial infarction Eur Heart J 23 2002 1131 1138