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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2000; 35:414-421
© 2000 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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CLINICAL STUDIES

Mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by virtual electrograms using a noncontact, computerized mapping system

S. Adam Strickberger, MD, FACCa, Bradley P. Knight, MDa, Gregory F. Michaud, MDa, Frank Pelosi, MDa and Fred Morady, MD, FACCa

a Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Manuscript received February 2, 1999; revised manuscript received September 20, 1999, accepted October 27, 1999.

Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. S. Adam Strickberger, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Dr., Box 0022, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0022

This work was supported, in part, by a research grant from Endocardial Solutions, Inc. Fred Morady is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Endocardial Solutions, Inc.

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this study was to describe a computerized mapping system that utilizes a noncontact, 64 electrode balloon catheter to compute virtual electrograms simultaneously at 3,360 left ventricular (LV) sites and to assess the clinical utility of this system for mapping and ablating ventricular tachycardia (VT).

BACKGROUND

Mapping VT in the electrophysiology laboratory conventionally is achieved by sequentially positioning an electrode catheter at multiple endocardial sites.

METHODS

Fifteen patients with VT underwent 18 electrophysiology procedures using the noncontact, computerized mapping system. A 9F 64 electrode balloon catheter and a conventional 7F electrode catheter for mapping and ablation were positioned in the LV using a retrograde aortic approach. Using a boundary element inverse solution, 3,360 virtual endocardial electrograms were computed and used to derive isopotential maps. An incorporated locator system was used in conjunction with or instead of fluoroscopy to position the conventional electrode catheter.

RESULTS

A total of 21 VTs, 12 of which were hemodynamically-tolerated and 9 of which were not, were mapped. Isolated diastolic potentials, presystolic areas, zones of slow conduction and exit sites during VT were identified using virtual electrograms and isopotential maps. Among 19 targeted VTs, radiofrequency ablation guided by the computerized mapping system and the locator signal was successful in 15.

CONCLUSIONS

The computerized mapping system described in this study computes accurate isopotential maps that are a useful guide for ablation of hemodynamically stable or unstable VT.

Abbreviations and Acronyms
  LV = left ventricle or ventricular
  MI = myocardial infarction
  VT = ventricular tachycardia




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