TY - JOUR
T1 - Myocardial structural associations with local electrograms
T2 - A study of postinfarct ventricular tachycardia pathophysiology and magnetic resonance-based noninvasive mapping
AU - Sasaki, Takeshi
AU - Miller, Christopher F.
AU - Hansford, Rozann
AU - Yang, Juemin
AU - Caffo, Brian S.
AU - Zviman, Menekhem M.
AU - Henrikson, Charles A.
AU - Marine, Joseph E.
AU - Spragg, David
AU - Cheng, Alan
AU - Tandri, Harikrishna
AU - Sinha, Sunil
AU - Kolandaivelu, Aravindan
AU - Zimmerman, Stefan L.
AU - Bluemke, David A.
AU - Tomaselli, Gordon F.
AU - Berger, Ronald D.
AU - Calkins, Hugh
AU - Halperin, Henry R.
AU - Nazarian, Saman
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Background: The association of scar on late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) with local electrograms on electroanatomic mapping has been investigated. We aimed to quantify these associations to gain insights regarding LGE-CMR image characteristics of tissues and critical sites that support postinfarct ventricular tachycardia (VT). Methods and Results: LGE-CMR was performed in 23 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy before VT ablation. Left ventricular wall thickness and postinfarct scar thickness were measured in each of 20 sectors per LGE-CMR short-axis plane. Electroanatomic mapping points were retrospectively registered to the corresponding LGE-CMR images. Multivariable regression analysis, clustered by patient, revealed significant associations among left ventricular wall thickness, postinfarct scar thickness, and intramural scar location on LGE-CMR, and local endocardial electrogram bipolar/unipolar voltage, duration, and deflections on electroanatomic mapping. Anteroposterior and septal/lateral scar localization was also associated with bipolar and unipolar voltage. Antiarrhythmic drug use was associated with electrogram duration. Critical sites of postinfarct VT were associated with >25% scar transmurality, and slow conduction sites with >40 ms stimulus-QRS time were associated with >75% scar transmurality. Conclusions: Critical sites for maintenance of postinfarct VT are confined to areas with >25% scar transmurality. Our data provide insights into the structural substrates for delayed conduction and VT and may reduce procedural time devoted to substrate mapping, overcome limitations of invasive mapping because of sampling density, and enhance magnetic resonance-based ablation by feature extraction from complex images.
AB - Background: The association of scar on late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) with local electrograms on electroanatomic mapping has been investigated. We aimed to quantify these associations to gain insights regarding LGE-CMR image characteristics of tissues and critical sites that support postinfarct ventricular tachycardia (VT). Methods and Results: LGE-CMR was performed in 23 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy before VT ablation. Left ventricular wall thickness and postinfarct scar thickness were measured in each of 20 sectors per LGE-CMR short-axis plane. Electroanatomic mapping points were retrospectively registered to the corresponding LGE-CMR images. Multivariable regression analysis, clustered by patient, revealed significant associations among left ventricular wall thickness, postinfarct scar thickness, and intramural scar location on LGE-CMR, and local endocardial electrogram bipolar/unipolar voltage, duration, and deflections on electroanatomic mapping. Anteroposterior and septal/lateral scar localization was also associated with bipolar and unipolar voltage. Antiarrhythmic drug use was associated with electrogram duration. Critical sites of postinfarct VT were associated with >25% scar transmurality, and slow conduction sites with >40 ms stimulus-QRS time were associated with >75% scar transmurality. Conclusions: Critical sites for maintenance of postinfarct VT are confined to areas with >25% scar transmurality. Our data provide insights into the structural substrates for delayed conduction and VT and may reduce procedural time devoted to substrate mapping, overcome limitations of invasive mapping because of sampling density, and enhance magnetic resonance-based ablation by feature extraction from complex images.
KW - Ischemic heart disease
KW - Late gadolinium enhancement
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Mapping
KW - Ventricular tachycardia
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.970699
DO - 10.1161/CIRCEP.112.970699
M3 - Article
C2 - 23149263
AN - SCOPUS:84873802130
SN - 1941-3149
VL - 5
SP - 1081
EP - 1090
JO - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
JF - Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
IS - 6
ER -