Characterization of Endocardial Electrophysiological Substrate in Patients With Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy and Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Open Access
- 12 August 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 108 (6), 704-710
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000083725.72693.ea
Abstract
Background— Although catheter mapping has been used to define the endocardial electrogram characteristics in patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and coronary disease, characterization of the electrophysiological substrate in patients with VT and nonischemic cardiomyopathy is limited. Methods and Results— Left ventricular endocardial electroanatomical mapping was performed in 19 patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and monomorphic VT with an average of 178±83 sites per chamber mapped. Abnormal bipolar electrogram was defined as endocardial voltage signal amplitude of 2 area that represented 20±12% of total endocardial surface. The majority of patients (14/19 patients) had only a modest area ( Conclusions— Electroanatomical mapping in patients with monomorphic VT and nonischemic cardiomyopathy typically demonstrates a modest-sized basal area of endocardial electrogram abnormalities. The VT site of origin corresponds to these basal electrogram abnormalities. These findings have important implications regarding strategies for VT ablation in this setting.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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