Resetting of atrial tachycardia by a scanned extrastimulus at a downstream site on a multielectrode catheter: a simple diagnostic maneuver for locating the macroreentrant atrial tachycardia circuit.
J Interv Card Electrophysiol
; 63(1): 39-47, 2022 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Entrainment is a useful method for locating reentrant atrial tachycardia (AT) circuits, but alterations or termination of the AT can derail this process. We assessed whether resetting an upstream site of a neighboring electrode by a scanned extrastimulus at a downstream site (when the upstream tissue was refractory) could diagnose that site within the AT circuit.METHODS:
The procedure was applied to 48 ATs with a cycle length (CL) of 238 ± 42 ms (26 common flutters, 8 perimitral flutters, 7 left atrial [LA] roof-dependent AT, 3 LA scar-related macroreentrant ATs, 2 pulmonary vein-gap reentry tachycardias, 1 right atrial scar-related macroreentrant AT, and 1 with an unidentified circuit). Entrainment and scanned extrastimulation were attempted at the cavotricuspid isthmus, LA roof, and mitral isthmus and/or critical AT isthmus.RESULTS:
Within the circuit, the post-pacing interval minus the ATCL after entrainment was < 30 ms for all ATs and resetting of the AT cycle by ≥ 5 ms occurred in 94% of the ATs. No ATs were reset by extrastimulation outside the circuit. The positive predictive value of both maneuvers for locating the circuit was 100%, and the negative predictive value of the extrastimulation was similar to that of entrainment (96% vs. 100%, P = 0.25). The incidence of an AT alteration was lower with extrastimulation than with entrainment (1% vs. 9%, P = 0.01). For ATs with a CL < 210 ms, extrastimulation yielded a good diagnostic performance without any AT alterations.CONCLUSION:
AT resetting by a scanned extrastimulus is diagnostic and avoids AT alterations.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Taquicardia Supraventricular
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Ablação por Cateter
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Interv Card Electrophysiol
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão