Imperial College London
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DrZacharyWhinnett

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Reader in Cardiac Electrophysiology
 
 
 
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South- NHLI Cardiovascular ScienceBlock B Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith Campus

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@article{Luther:2018:10.1111/jce.13425,
author = {Luther, V and Qureshi, N and Lim, PB and Koa-Wing, M and Jamil-Copley, S and Ng, FS and Whinnett, Z and Davies, DW and Peters, NS and Kanagaratnam, P and Linton, N},
doi = {10.1111/jce.13425},
journal = {Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology},
pages = {404--411},
title = {Isthmus sites identified by Ripple Mapping are usually anatomically stable: A novel method to guide atrial substrate ablation?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jce.13425},
volume = {29},
year = {2018}
}
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AB  - BACKGROUND: Postablation reentrant ATs depend upon conducting isthmuses bordered by scar. Bipolar voltage maps highlight scar as sites of low voltage, but the voltage amplitude of an electrogram depends upon the myocardial activation sequence. Furthermore, a voltage threshold that defines atrial scar is unknown. We used Ripple Mapping (RM) to test whether these isthmuses were anatomically fixed between different activation vectors and atrial rates. METHODS: We studied post-AF ablation ATs where >1 rhythm was mapped. Multipolar catheters were used with CARTO Confidense for high-density mapping. RM visualized the pattern of activation, and the voltage threshold below which no activation was seen. Isthmuses were characterized at this threshold between maps for each patient. RESULTS: Ten patients were studied (Map 1 was AT1; Map 2: sinus 1/10, LA paced 2/10, AT2 with reverse CS activation 3/10; AT2 CL difference 50 ± 30 ms). Point density was similar between maps (Map 1: 2,589 ± 1,330; Map 2: 2,214 ± 1,384; P  =  0.31). RM activation threshold was 0.16 ± 0.08 mV. Thirty-one isthmuses were identified in Map 1 (median 3 per map; width 27 ± 15 mm; 7 anterior; 6 roof; 8 mitral; 9 septal; 1 posterior). Importantly, 7 of 31 (23%) isthmuses were unexpectedly identified within regions without prior ablation. AT1 was treated following ablation of 11/31 (35%) isthmuses. Of the remaining 20 isthmuses, 14 of 16 isthmuses (88%) were consistent between the two maps (four were inadequately mapped). Wavefront collision caused variation in low voltage distribution in 2 of 16 (12%). CONCLUSIONS: The distribution of isthmuses and nonconducting tissue within the ablated left atrium, as defined by RM, appear concordant between rhythms. This could guide a substrate ablative approach.
AU  - Luther,V
AU  - Qureshi,N
AU  - Lim,PB
AU  - Koa-Wing,M
AU  - Jamil-Copley,S
AU  - Ng,FS
AU  - Whinnett,Z
AU  - Davies,DW
AU  - Peters,NS
AU  - Kanagaratnam,P
AU  - Linton,N
DO  - 10.1111/jce.13425
EP  - 411
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1045-3873
SP  - 404
TI  - Isthmus sites identified by Ripple Mapping are usually anatomically stable: A novel method to guide atrial substrate ablation?
T2  - Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jce.13425
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/57115
VL  - 29
ER  -
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