Differentiating atrial tachycardias with centrifugal activation: Lessons from high-resolution mapping
Differentiating atrial tachycardias with centrifugal activation: Lessons from high-resolution mapping
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DOI:
10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.03.038
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发表时间:
2021-06-28
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Jais, Pierre
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作者:
Takigawa, Masateru;Takagi, Takamitsu;Jais, Pierre
BACKGROUND Centrifugal activation is not always the origin of a focal atrial tachycardia (AT) ("true-focal"), but passive activation from the other structures ("pseudo-focal").OBJECTIVE We aimed to establish a method to differentiate truefocal from pseudo-focal.METHODS In 49 centrifugal activations in 35 patients with AT, 12-lead electrocardiogram, activation map, atrial global activation histogram (GAH), and local electrograms were analyzed. GAH demonstrates the relation between the activation area and timing through the cycle length, displayed with a normalized value, ranging from 0 (smallest activation area) to 1.0 (largest activation area).RESULTS Of 30 centrifugal activations observed in the septal region, 6/30 (20.0%) were true-focal. The remaining 24/60 (80.0%) were pseudo-focal, of which 23 (95.8%) were from the opposite chamber. P-wave/flutter-wave duration, 200 ms discriminated true-focal from pseudo-focal (sensitivity 100%; specificity 54.5%; positive predictive value 33.3%; negative predictive value 100%). Multiple breakthrough ruled out the possibility of a true-focal AT. Other differentiating factors were an activation area within the initial 20 ms of,5 mm2 and a typical QS pattern electrogram at the origin. Of 19 centrifugal activations observed outside the septal regions, 7 were true-focal and 12 were pseudo-focal exited from an epicardial structure: 10 of 12 (83.3%) were located around the left atrial appendage and ridge. Flutter wave, GAH score