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- Title
Intracardiac electrogram characteristics of intramural outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias.
- Authors
Yalin, Kivanc; Aksu, Tolga; Ikitimur, Baris; Onder, Sukriye Ebru; Soysal, Ali Ugur; Ozturk, Sila; Tokdil, Kardelen Nafia Inan Ohtaroglu; Yalman, Hakan; Mutlu, Deniz; Atici, Adem; Okşul, Metin; Baysal, Erkan; Bilge, Ahmet Kaya
- Abstract
Background: Annotation of earliest depolarization which depends on maximum dV/dt of unipolar-electrograms and unipolar QS morphology identify site of origin for ventricular premature contractions (VPC). However, identification of unipolar QS morphology has limitations due to low spatial resolution. This study aims to compare electrogram characteristics at successful ablation site in patients with outflow tract (OT) VPC. Methods: Local activation time (LAT), duration, and voltage data of each bipolar- and unipolar-electrogram at the successful ablation sites from the right ventricle OT (RVOT) and the left ventricle OT (LVOT) cases were analyzed. Results: Forty-four of 60 (73%) of patients were ablated from RVOT and in 16/60 (27%) required ablation from both sides. All patients had acute VPC suppression. Bipolar-electrogram-QRS onset was earlier (36.4 ± 14.5 ms vs 26.3 ± 7.4 ms, p = 0.01), duration of bipolar-electrogram was shorter (56.9 ± 18.9 ms vs 78.9 ± 21.8 ms, p = 0.002), and bi-voltage amplitude was higher (3.2 ± 2.3 mV vs 1.4 ± 1.1 mV, p = 0.07) for patients with RVOT-only ablation. Mean bipolar-unipolar-electrogram difference was 4.4 ± 4.5 ms in the RVOT group vs 12.8 ± 4.9 ms in RVOT + LVOT group (p < 0.001). Unipolar QS morphology was recorded in 3.0 ± 3.9 vs 3.6 ± 1.8 cm2 in RVOT and RVOT + LVOT group, respectively (p = 0.41). Unipolar-electrogram revealed W pattern in 3/44 of RVOT vs 5/16 of RVOT + LVOT group, respectively (p = 0.01). In 18/60 (30%) of patients, unipolar QS was not identified at successful ablation site. Conclusion: QS in unipolar-electrogram was not a perfect predictor for successful ablation sites. Analysis of bipolar voltage amplitude and duration with bipolar-unipolar-electrogram time difference may identify presence of a deeper source.
- Subjects
VENTRICULAR arrhythmia; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL flutter
- Publication
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2023, Vol 66, Issue 3, p621
- ISSN
1383-875X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10840-022-01374-y