How to use pace mapping for ventricular tachycardia ablation in postinfarct patients

Autor: Charles Guenancia, Gregory Supple, Jean‐Marc Sellal, Isabelle Magnin‐Poull, Karim Benali, Nefissa Hammache, Mathieu Echivard, Francis Marchlinski, Christian de Chillou
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 33:1801-1809
ISSN: 1540-8167
1045-3873
Popis: We aim to describe the technical aspects of pace mapping (PM), as well as the two typical patterns of pacing correlation maps during ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. The first main pattern is focal, with a gradual and eccentric decrease of the QRS correlation from the area with the best PM correlation. This focal pattern may be associated with two clinical situations: (1) with some endocardial points showing a good correlation compared to VT morphology: true endocardial exit of VT or endocardial breakthrough of either an intramural or an epicardial circuit; (2) without any endocardial points showing a good correlation compared to VT morphology: the VT may originate from the other ventricle, but the presence of an intramural or an epicardial circuit should be considered in patients with a structural heart disease. The second pattern is the presence of PM points exhibiting a good correlation close to other PM points showing a poor correlation compared to VT morphology: this abrupt change in paced QRS morphology over a short distance indicates divergence of activation wavefronts between these sites and suggests the presence of a slow conduction channel: the VT isthmus.
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