Three-dimensional electroanatomical voltage mapping and histologic evaluation of myocardial substrate in right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia
Three-dimensional electroanatomical voltage mapping and histologic evaluation of myocardial substrate in right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jacc.2007.11.027
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发表时间:
2008-02-19
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24
通讯作者:
Thiene, Gaetano
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作者:
Corrado, Domenico;Basso, Cristina;Thiene, Gaetano
Objectives We tested whether 3-dimensional electroanatomical voltage mapping (EVM) may help in the differential diagnosis between idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) tachycardia and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D).Background Right ventricular EVM has been demonstrated to reliably identify low-voltage regions ("electroanatomical scar"), which in patients with ARVC/D correspond to areas of fibrofatty myocardial replacement.Methods The study population comprised 27 patients (15 men and 12 women, age 33.9 +/- 1 8 years) with RVOT tachycardia and no echocardlographic/angiographic evidence of right ventricular (RV) dilation/dysfunction, who underwent EVM and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) for characterization of ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate before catheter ablation.Results Electroanatomical voltage mapping was normal in 20 of 27 patients (74%, group A), with electrogram voltage >1.5 mV throughout the RV. The other 7 patients (26%, group 13) showed >= 1 (1.4 +/- 07) RV electroanatornical scar area(s) (bipolar voltage