Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiology Westmead Hospital Westmead New South Wales Australia
2. Department of Cardiology, Westmead Applied Research Center University of Sydney New South Wales Sydney Australia
Abstract
AbstractIntroductionEndocardial pace mapping (PM) can identify conducting channels for ventricular tachycardia (VT) circuits in patients with structural heart disease (SHD). Recent findings show the temporal and spatial pattern of PM may aid identification of the surface harboring VT isthmii. The specific correlation of PM patterns to scar topography has not been examined.ObjectiveTo correlate the pattern of endocardial PMs to underlying scar topography in SHD patients with VT.MethodsData from patients undergoing VT ablation from August 2018 to February 2022 were reviewed.ResultsSixty‐three patients with SHD‐related VT (mean age 65 ± 14 years) with 83 endocardial PM correlation maps were analysed. Two main correlation patterns were identified, an “abrupt‐change correlation pattern (AC‐pattern)” and “centrifugal‐attenuation correlation pattern (CA‐pattern).” AC‐pattern had lower scar ratio (unipolar/bipolar % scar area; 1.1 vs. 1.5, p < .001), had longer maximal stimulus‐QRS intervals (97.5 vs. 68 ms, p = .002), and higher likelihood of endocardial dominant scar (11/21 [52%] vs. 3/38 [8%], p < .001) than CA‐pattern seen on intracardiac echocardiography (ICE). In contrast, CA‐pattern was more likely to have epicardial dominant scar or mid‐intramural scar on ICE (epicardial dominant scar; CA‐pattern: 12/38 [32%] vs. AC‐pattern: 1/21 [5%], p = .02, mid‐intramural scar; CA‐pattern: 15/38 [39%] vs. AC‐pattern: 1/21 [5%], p = .005).ConclusionsThe spatial pattern of endocardial PM in SHD‐related VT directly correlates with scar topography. AC‐pattern is associated with endocardial dominant scar on ICE with lower scar ratio and longer stimulus‐QRS intervals, whereas CA‐pattern is strongly associated with epicardial dominant or mid‐intramural scar with higher scar ratio and shorter stimulus‐QRS intervals.
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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