MRI-Guided Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
- Vol. 4 (2), 172-184
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.110.958744
Abstract
Background—: Substrate-guided ablation of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) relies on voltage mapping to define the scar and border zone. An integrated 3D scar reconstruction from late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) MRI could facilitate VT ablations. Methods and Results—: Twenty-two patients with ICD underwent contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI with a specific absorption rate of 0.05). ICD imaging artifacts were most prominent in the anterior wall and allowed full and partial assessment of LGE in 9±4 and 12±3 of 17 segments, respectively. In 14 patients with LGE, a 3D scar model was reconstructed and successfully registered with the clinical mapping system (accuracy, 3.9±1.8 mm). Using receiver operating characteristic curves, bipolar and unipolar voltages of 1.49 and 4.46 mV correlated best with endocardial MRI scar. Scar visualization allowed the elimination of falsely low voltage recordings (suboptimal catheter contact) in 4.1±1.9% of 2 mm resulted in >1.5-mV voltage recordings despite up to 63% transmural midmyocardial scar successfully ablated with MRI guidance. All successful ablation sites demonstrated LGE (transmurality, 68±26%) and were located within 10 mm of transition zones to 0% to 25% scar in 71%. Conclusions—: Contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI can be safely performed in selected patients with ICDs and allows the integration of detailed 3D scar maps into clinical mapping systems, providing supplementary anatomic guidance to facilitate substrate-guided VT ablations.Keywords
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