Endocardial mapping and ablation of tachycardia guided by noncontact balloon catheter mapping system |
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Authors: | Zou Jiangang Cao Kejiang Chen Minglong Yang Bing Zhu Li Li Wenqi Yang Rong Chen Chun Shan Qijun |
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Affiliation: | The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China;The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China |
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Abstract: | Objective To describe a new noncontact balloon catheter mapping system and to assess the clinical utility of this system for guiding endocardial mapping and ablation of tachycardia.Methods Five patients with tachycardia underwent endocardial mapping and radiofrequency ablation using the noncontact balloon catheter mapping system. A 9 French, 64-electrode balloon catheter and a conventional 7 French electrode catheter for mapping and ablation were positioned in the same ventricular chamber. Ventricular three-dimensional geometry was established by the computerized mapping system. Using a boundary element inverse solution, 3360 virtual endocardial electrograms were computerized and used to derive isopotential maps. The earliest endocardial activation site, the exit site and the activation sequence of tachycardia or the critical isthmus of the reentry circuit were identified. Radiofrequency ablation with circular or linear lesion was performed at the target sites guided by the locator system. Results Six clinical types of tachycardia, 5 of which were ventricular tachycardia and one was concealed fasciculoventricular fiber mediated tachycardia, were induced by programmed stimulation. The mean cycle length of these tachycardias was 336.6±42.69 msec. The earliest activation site and the exit site of 5 mapped tachycardias were all identified using the system. One type of ventricular tachycardia was hemodynamically unstable and difficult to terminate, and could not be mapped. Among the 6 types of tachycardias, radiofrequency ablation was successful in 4. There was no complication during and after the procedure. During the mean follow-up of 6 months, no tachycardia recurred in the patients with a successful ablation.Conclusions The noncontact mapping system described in this study has advantage over conventional mapping techniques for refractory tachycardia. It is not only helpful for understanding the electrophysiologic mechanism of a complex case, but also suitable for mapping hemodynamically-intolerated and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. |
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Keywords: | tachycardia noncontact mapping catheter ablation radiofrequency current Department of Cardiology, |
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