Utility of ripple mapping for identification of slow conduction channels during ventricular tachycardia ablation in the setting of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Ripple mapping displays every deflection of a bipolar electrogram and enables the visualization of conduction channels (RMCC) within postinfarction ventricular scar to guide ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. The utility of RMCC identification for facilitation of VT ablation in the setting of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) has not been described. OBJECTIVE:We sought to (a) identify the slow conduction channels in the endocardial/epicardial scar by ripple mapping and (b) retrospectively analyze whether the elimination of RMCC is associated with improved VT-free survival, in ARVC patients. METHODS:High-density right ventricular endocardial and epicardial electrograms were collected using the CARTO 3 system in sinus rhythm or ventricular pacing and reviewed for RMCC. Low-voltage zones and abnormal myocardium in the epicardium were identified by using standardized late-gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal intensity (SI) z-scores. RESULTS:A cohort of 20 ARVC patients that had undergone simultaneous high-density right ventricular endocardial and epicardial electrogram mapping was identified (age 44?±?13 years). Epicardial scar, defined as bipolar voltage less than 1.0?mV, occupied 47.6% (interquartile range [IQR], 30.9-63.7) of the total epicardial surface area and was larger than endocardial scar, defined as bipolar voltage less than 1.5?mV, which occupied 11.2% (IQR, 4.2?±?17.8) of the endocardium (P?

SUBMITTER: Xie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6422721 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature