High-density activation mapping of fractionated electrograms in the atria of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
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Authors: | Thomas Rostock MD Martin Rotter MD Prashanthan Sanders MBBS PhD Yoshihide Takahashi MD Pierre Jaïs MD Mlze Hocini MD Li-Fern Hsu MBBS Frderic Sacher MD Jacques Clmenty MD Michel Haïssaguerre MD |
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Institution: | H?pital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France; Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France. rostock@uke.uni-hamburg.de |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Areas of complex fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAEs) have been implicated in the atrial substrate of atrial fibrillation (AF). The mechanisms underlying CFAE in humans are not well investigated. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the regional activation pattern associated with CFAE using a high-density contact mapping catheter. METHODS: Twenty patients with paroxysmal AF were mapped using a high-density multielectrode catheter. CFAE were mapped at 10 different sites (left atrium LA]: inferior, posterior, roof, septum, anterior, lateral; right atrium RA]: anterior, lateral, posterior, septum). Local atrial fibrillation cycle length (AFCL) was measured immediately before and after the occurrence of CFAE, and the longest electrogram duration (CFAEmax) was assessed. RESULTS: Longer electrogram durations were recorded in the LA compared with the RA (CFAEmax 118 +/- 21 ms vs 104 +/- 23 ms, P = .001). AFCL significantly shortened before the occurrence of CFAEmax compared with baseline (LA: 174 +/- 32 ms vs 186 +/- 32 ms, P = .0001; RA: 177 +/- 31 ms vs 188 +/- 31 ms, P = .0001) and returned to baseline afterwards. AFCL shortened by >or=10 ms in 91% of mapped sites. Two different local activation patterns were associated with occurrence of CFAEmax: a nearly simultaneous activation in all spines in 84% indicating passive activation, and a nonsimultaneous activation sequence suggesting local complex activation or reentry. CONCLUSION: Fractionated atrial electrograms during AF demonstrate dynamic changes that are dependent on regional AFCL. Shortening of AFCL precedes the development of CFAE; thus, cycle length is a major determinant of fractionation during AF. High-density mapping in AF may help to differentiate passive activation of CFAE from CFAE associated with an active component of the AF process. |
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Keywords: | Atrial fibrillation Mapping Fractionated electrograms |
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