Epicardial and Endocardial Ablation Based on Channel Mapping in Patients With Ventricular Tachycardia and Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy: Importance of Late Potential Mapping During Sinus Rhythm to Recognize the Critical Substrate

Autor: Cristiano de Oliveira Dietrich, Lucas de Oliveira Hollanda, Claudio Cirenza, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de Paola
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021889
Popis: Background Ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC) is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Catheter ablation of VT in patients with CCC is very complex and challenging. The main goal of this work was to assess the efficacy of VT catheter ablation guided by late potentials (LPs) in patients with CCC. Methods and Results Seventeen consecutive patients with refractory VT and CCC were prospectively included in the study. Combined endo‐epicardial voltage and late activation mapping were obtained during baseline rhythm to define scarred and LP areas, respectively. The end point of the ablation procedure was the elimination of all identified LPs. Epicardial and endocardial dense scars (
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