2019 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS expert consensus statement on catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias

EM Cronin, FM Bogun, P Maury, P Peichl, M Chen… - EP …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Ventricular arrhythmias are an important cause of morbidity and mortality and come in a
variety of forms, from single premature ventricular complexes to sustained ventricular …

[HTML][HTML] 2019 APHRS expert consensus statement on three‐dimensional mapping systems for tachycardia developed in collaboration with HRS, EHRA, and LAHRS

YH Kim, SA Chen, S Ernst, CE Guzman, S Han… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abbreviations: 3D, three-dimensional; AF, atrial fibrillation; AP, accessory pathway; ARVC,
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; AT, atrial tachycardia; AVB, atrioventricular …

Histopathological characterization of radiofrequency ablation in ventricular scar tissue

M Barkagan, E Leshem, A Shapira-Daniels… - JACC: Clinical …, 2019 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to characterize the histopathological features of
radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in heterogeneous ventricular scar in comparison to those in …

High-resolution mapping of ventricular scar: evaluation of a novel integrated multielectrode mapping and ablation catheter

E Leshem, CM Tschabrunn, J Jang, J Whitaker… - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate an investigational catheter that incorporates 3
microelectrodes embedded along the circumference of a standard 3.5-mm open-irrigated …

Simultaneous comparison of electrocardiographic imaging and epicardial contact mapping in structural heart disease

AJ Graham, M Orini, E Zacur, G Dhillon… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The accuracy of ECG imaging (ECGI) in structural heart disease remains
uncertain. This study aimed to provide a detailed comparison of ECGI and contact-mapping …

Efficacy and safety of combined endocardial/epicardial catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in Chagas disease: a randomized controlled study

CF Pisani, J Romero, S Lara, C Hardy, M Chokr… - Heart Rhythm, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Epicardial mapping and ablation are frequently necessary to eliminate
ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with Chagas disease. Nonetheless, there are no …

Myocardial scar delineation using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance tractography

C Mekkaoui, MP Jackowski, WJ Kostis… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is the current standard for myocardial scar
delineation. In this study, we introduce the tractographic propagation angle (PA), a metric of …

Multielectrode vs. point-by-point mapping for ventricular tachycardia substrate ablation: a randomized study

J Acosta, D Penela, D Andreu, M Cabrera… - Ep …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims Ventricular tachycardia (VT) substrate ablation is based on detailed electroanatomical
maps (EAM). This study analyses whether high-density multielectrode mapping (MEM) is …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of micro-, mini-and multi-electrode mapping on ventricular substrate characterisation

B Berte, K Zeppenfeld, R Tung - Arrhythmia & electrophysiology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accurate substrate characterisation may improve the evolving understanding and treatment
of cardiac arrhythmias. During substrate-based ablation techniques, wide practice variations …

Visualizing localized reentry with ultra–high density mapping in iatrogenic atrial tachycardia: beware pseudo-reentry

V Luther, M Sikkel, N Bennett, F Guerrero… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The activation pattern of localized reentry (LR) in atrial tachycardia remains
incompletely understood. We used the ultra–high density Rhythmia mapping system to study …