Relationship Between Successful Ablation Sites and the Scar Border Zone Defined by Substrate Mapping for Ventricular Tachycardia Post‐Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

Introduction: It is unknown if identification of scar border zones by electroanatomical mapping correlates with successful ablation sites determined from mapping during ventricular tachycardia (VT) post-myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to assess the relationship between successful ablation sites of hemodynamically stable post-MI VTs determined by mapping during VT with the scar border zone defined in sinus rhythm. Methods and Results: Forty-six patients presenting with hemodynamically stable, mappable monomorphic VT post-MI and who had at least one such VT successfully ablated were prospectively included in the study. In each patient, VT was ablated by targeting regions during VT that exhibited early activation, ± isolated mid-diastolic potentials, and concealed entrainment suggesting a critical isthmus site. Prior to ablation, a detailed sinus-rhythm CARTO voltage map of the left ventricle was obtained. A voltage Conclusion: Successful ablation sites of hemodynamically stable, monomorphic VTs post-MI are often located in the scar border zone as defined by substrate voltage mapping. However, in a sizable minority, ablation sites are located within endocardial scar, epicardially, and even in normal myocardium.