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16.10.2023

Incidence, distribution, and electrogram characteristics of endocardial-epicardial connections identified by ultra-high-resolution mapping during a left atrial posterior wall isolation of atrial fibrillation

verfasst von: Kohki Nakamura, Takehito Sasaki, Kentaro Minami, Hideyuki Aoki, Kan Kondo, Shingo Yoshimura, Kohki Kimura, Yumiko Haraguchi, Ryoya Takizawa, Yosuke Nakatani, Yuko Miki, Koji Goto, Yutaka Take, Kenichi Kaseno, Eiji Yamashita, Shigeto Naito

Erschienen in: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | Ausgabe 4/2024

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Abstract

Purpose

The left atrial posterior wall (LAPW) can be a target for atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation but is sometimes difficult to completely isolate due to the presence of endocardial-epicardial connections. We aimed to investigate the incidence and distribution of epicardial residual connections (epi-RCs) and the electrogram characteristics at epi-RC sites during an initial LAPW isolation.

Methods

We retrospectively studied 102 AF patients who underwent LAPW mapping before and after a first-pass linear ablation along the superior and inferior LAPW (pre-ablation and post-ablation maps) using an ultra-high-resolution mapping system (Rhythmia, Boston Scientific).

Results

Epi-RCs were observed in 41 patients (40.2%) and were widely distributed in the middle LAPW area and surrounding it. The sites with epi-RCs had a higher bipolar voltage amplitude and greater number of fractionated components than those without (median, 1.09 mV vs. 0.83 mV and 3.9 vs. 3.4 on the pre-ablation map and 0.38 mV vs. 0.27 mV and 8.5 vs. 4.2 on the post-ablation map, respectively; P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic analyses demonstrated that the number of fractionated components on the post-ablation map had a larger area under the curve of 0.847 than the others, and the sensitivity and specificity for predicting epi-RCs were 95.4% and 62.1%, respectively, at an optimal cutoff of 5.0.

Conclusions

Among the patients with epi-RCs after a first-pass LAPW linear ablation, areas with a greater number of fractionated components (> 5.0 on the post-ablation LAPW map) may have endocardial-epicardial connections and may be potential targets for touch-up ablation to eliminate the epi-RCs.
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Metadaten
Titel
Incidence, distribution, and electrogram characteristics of endocardial-epicardial connections identified by ultra-high-resolution mapping during a left atrial posterior wall isolation of atrial fibrillation
verfasst von
Kohki Nakamura
Takehito Sasaki
Kentaro Minami
Hideyuki Aoki
Kan Kondo
Shingo Yoshimura
Kohki Kimura
Yumiko Haraguchi
Ryoya Takizawa
Yosuke Nakatani
Yuko Miki
Koji Goto
Yutaka Take
Kenichi Kaseno
Eiji Yamashita
Shigeto Naito
Publikationsdatum
16.10.2023
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology / Ausgabe 4/2024
Print ISSN: 1383-875X
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8595
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01663-0

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