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Nogami A, Kurita T, Abe H, Ando K, Ishikawa T, Imai K, Usui A, Okishige K, Kusano K, Kumagai K, Goya M, Kobayashi Y, Shimizu A, Shimizu W, Shoda M, Sumitomo N, Seo Y, Takahashi A, Tada H, Naito S, Nakazato Y, Nishimura T, Nitta T, Niwano S, Hagiwara N, Murakawa Y, Yamane T, Aiba T, Inoue K, Iwasaki Y, Inden Y, Uno K, Ogano M, Kimura M, Sakamoto S, Sasaki S, Satomi K, Shiga T, Suzuki T, Sekiguchi Y, Soejima K, Takagi M, Chinushi M, Nishi N, Noda T, Hachiya H, Mitsuno M, Mitsuhashi T, Miyauchi Y, Miyazaki A, Morimoto T, Yamasaki H, Aizawa Y, Ohe T, Kimura T, Tanemoto K, Tsutsui H, Mitamura H. JCS/JHRS 2019 guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias. J Arrhythm 2021; 37:709-870. [PMID: 34386109 PMCID: PMC8339126 DOI: 10.1002/joa3.12491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Nogami A, Kurita T, Abe H, Ando K, Ishikawa T, Imai K, Usui A, Okishige K, Kusano K, Kumagai K, Goya M, Kobayashi Y, Shimizu A, Shimizu W, Shoda M, Sumitomo N, Seo Y, Takahashi A, Tada H, Naito S, Nakazato Y, Nishimura T, Nitta T, Niwano S, Hagiwara N, Murakawa Y, Yamane T, Aiba T, Inoue K, Iwasaki Y, Inden Y, Uno K, Ogano M, Kimura M, Sakamoto SI, Sasaki S, Satomi K, Shiga T, Suzuki T, Sekiguchi Y, Soejima K, Takagi M, Chinushi M, Nishi N, Noda T, Hachiya H, Mitsuno M, Mitsuhashi T, Miyauchi Y, Miyazaki A, Morimoto T, Yamasaki H, Aizawa Y, Ohe T, Kimura T, Tanemoto K, Tsutsui H, Mitamura H. JCS/JHRS 2019 Guideline on Non-Pharmacotherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Circ J 2021; 85:1104-1244. [PMID: 34078838 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-20-0637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Akihiko Nogami
- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Department of Heart Rhythm Management, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital
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- Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University Hospital Mizonokuchi
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- Department of Cardiology, Jikei University School of Medicine
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- Division of Arrhythmia, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Division of Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular Center, Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Department of Cardiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Arrhythmia Center, Chiba Nishi General Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shizuoka Medical Center
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- Advanced Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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- Departments of Pediatric Electrophysiology, Osaka City General Hospital
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Arrhythmia Center, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kyorin University Hospital
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- Division of Cardiac Arrhythmia, Department of Internal Medicine II, Kansai Medical University
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease Center, Tenri Hospital
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
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- Department of Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School
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Swenson DJ, Taepke RT, Blauer JJ, Kwan E, Ghafoori E, Plank G, Vigmond E, MacLeod RS, DeGroot P, Ranjan R. Direct comparison of a novel antitachycardia pacing algorithm against present methods using virtual patient modeling. Heart Rhythm 2020; 17:1602-1608. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Yamabe H, Orita Y. Demonstration of the Anatomical Tachycardia Circuit in Sinoatrial Node Reentrant Tachycardia: Analysis Using the Entrainment Method. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e014472. [PMID: 31928174 PMCID: PMC7033835 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background The anatomical tachycardia circuit of sinoatrial node reentrant tachycardia (SANRT) has not been well clarified. This study aimed to elucidate the tachycardia circuit of SANRT. Methods and Results Exit and entrance of the intranodal sinoatrial node conduction (I‐SANC) of the reentry circuit were identified in 15 SANRT patients. After identifying the earliest atrial activation site (EAAS) during the tachycardia (EAAS‐SANRT), rapid atrial pacing was delivered from multiple atrial sites to identify the entrainment pacing site where manifest entrainment and orthodromic capture of the EAAS‐SANRT were demonstrated. Radiofrequency energy was then delivered starting at a site 2 cm proximal to the EAAS‐SANRT in the direction of the entrainment pacing site and gradually advanced toward the EAAS‐SANRT until tachycardia termination to localize the I‐SANC entrance. The EAAS‐SANRT was orthodromically captured by pacing delivered from the distal coronary sinus (n=7), high posteroseptal right atrium (n=2), low posteroseptal right atrium (n=2), low anterolateral right atrium (n=2), or coronary sinus ostium (n=2). Radiofrequency energy delivery to the entrance of the I‐SANC, 10.4±2.8 mm away from the EAAS‐SANRT, terminated tachycardia immediately after onset of energy delivery (3.4±2.3 seconds). The successful ablation site was located further from the EAAS during sinus rhythm (EAAS‐sinus) than the EAAS‐SANRT (12.8±4.5 versus 7.2±3.1 mm; P<0.0001). Conclusions The reentry circuit of SANRT was composed of the entrance and exit of the I‐SANC being located at distinctly different anatomical sites. SANRT was eliminated by radiofrequency energy delivered to the I‐SANC entrance, which was further from the EAAS‐sinus than I‐SANC exit.
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- Hiroshige Yamabe
- Department of Cardiology Cardiovascular Center Shin-Koga Hospital Kurume City Japan
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- Department of Cardiology Cardiovascular Center Shin-Koga Hospital Kurume City Japan
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Shenasa M, Miller JM, Callans DJ, Almendral JM, Marchlinski FE, Buxton AE. Conquest of Ventricular Tachycardia: Insights Into Mechanisms, Innovations in Management: Contribution of Mark E. Josephson, MD, to Clinical Electrophysiology. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2019; 10:CIRCEP.117.005150. [PMID: 28487348 DOI: 10.1161/circep.117.005150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Mohammad Shenasa
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.).
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital and Heart & Rhythm Medical Group, San Jose, CA (M.S.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (J.M.M.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia (D.J.C., F.E.M.); Unidad de Electrofisiología Cardiaca (Sala de Electrofisiología), Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe, Spain (J.M.A.); and Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (A.E.B.)
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Schaeffer B, Stevenson WG. Entrainment mapping: Theoretical considerations and practical implementation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2017; 29:204-213. [DOI: 10.1111/jce.13348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Benjamin Schaeffer
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston MA USA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine; Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston MA USA
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Miller JM. Mark E Josephson: Clinical Investigator. Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev 2017; 6:9-12. [PMID: 28507738 DOI: 10.15420/aer.2017.6.1:ed3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Mark E Josephson entered the world of clinical cardiac electrophysiology (EP) almost at its inception (1972); with so much to learn and so many directions one could take, he dived into the field with unbridled enthusiasm and an uncommon - perhaps almost unique - aptitude for asking questions and finding ways to answer them. Few aspects of EP escaped his indelible influence. In this short paper, I will attempt to touch on some of the high points of his astounding career as a clinical investigator.
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- John M Miller
- Indiana University School of Medicine; Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, USA
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Mapping during ventricular tachycardia (VT) aims to elucidate mechanism, describe myocardial propagation, and identify the origin and critical regions of VT that can be targeted for ablation, most commonly with radiofrequency ablation. Most VTs in structural heart disease are due to macro-reentry in and around scar. A combination of mapping techniques, including mapping to identify the arrhythmia substrate, activation sequence mapping, pace-mapping, and entrainment mapping, may be used to identify putative ablation targets. This review describes the principles of entrainment mapping as it pertains to catheter ablation of scar-related VT.
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- Saurabh Kumar
- Arrhythmia Service, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Arrhythmia Service, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Arrhythmia Service, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Proietti R, Roux JF, Verma A, Alturki A, Bernier ML, Essebag V. A Historical Perspective on the Role of Functional Lines of Block in the Re-entrant Circuit of Ventricular Tachycardia. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2016; 39:490-6. [PMID: 26852719 DOI: 10.1111/pace.12827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The ablation strategy for ventricular tachycardia (VT) rapidly evolved from an entrainment mapping approach for identification of the critical isthmus of the re-entrant circuit during monomorphic VT, toward a substrate-based approach aiming to ablate surrogate markers of the circuit during sinus rhythm in hemodynamically nontolerated and polymorphic VT. The latter approach implies an assumption that the circuits responsible for the arrhythmia are anatomical or fixed, and present during sinus rhythm. Accordingly, the lines of block delimiting the channels of the circuits are often considered fixed, although there is evidence that they are functional or more frequently a combination of fixed and functional. The electroanatomical substrate-based approach to VT ablation performed during sinus rhythm is increasingly adopted in clinical practice and often described as scar homogenization, scar dechanneling, or core isolation. However, whether the surrogate markers of the VT circuit during sinus rhythm match the circuit during arrhythmias remains to be fully demonstrated. The myocardial scar is a heterogeneous electrophysiological milieu with complex arrhythmogenic mechanisms that potentially coexist simultaneously. Moreover, the scar consists of different areas of diverse refractoriness and conduction. It can be misleading to limit the arrhythmogenic perspective of the myocardial scar to fixed or anatomical barriers held responsible for the re-entry circuit. Greater understanding of the role of functional lines of block in VT and the validity of the surrogate targets being ablated is necessary to further improve the technique and outcome of VT ablation.
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- Riccardo Proietti
- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Cardiology Department, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Centre Hospitalier Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Hôpital Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Josephson ME, Almendral J, Callans DJ. Resetting and entrainment of reentrant ventricular tachycardia associated with myocardial infarction. Heart Rhythm 2014; 11:1239-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Demonstration of anatomic reentrant circuit in verapamil-sensitive atrial tachycardia originating from the atrioventricular annulus other than the vicinity of the atrioventricular node. Am J Cardiol 2014; 113:1822-8. [PMID: 24837259 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mechanism and tachycardia circuit of verapamil-sensitive atrial tachycardia originating from the atrioventricular annulus (AVA-AT) other than the atrioventricular node vicinity are not well clarified. In 23 patients, we examined the mechanism and anatomic tachycardia circuit of AVA-AT. While recording the atrial electrogram at the earliest atrial activation site (EAAS) during tachycardia, rapid atrial pacing at a rate 5 beats/min faster than the tachycardia rate was delivered from multiple sites of the right atrium (RA) to demonstrate manifest entrainment and define the direction of proximity of slow conduction area (SCA) of reentry circuit. When EAAS was orthodromically captured, radiofrequency energy was delivered starting at a site 2 cm away from the EAAS in the direction of entrainment pacing site. Then application site was gradually advanced toward the EAAS until termination of tachycardia to define the entrance of SCA of reentry circuit. Manifest entrainment was demonstrated in all AVA-ATs. The EAAS, distributed along the tricuspid annulus from 3- to the 12-o'clock position, was orthodromically captured by pacing delivered from high anterolateral RA (n = 6), high anteroseptal RA (n = 7), high posteroseptal RA (n = 3), low anterolateral RA (n = 6), and coronary sinus ostium (n = 1). Radiofrequency energy delivery to the site, 10.4 ± 2.4 mm proximal to the EAAS where the atrial electrogram was observed 13.9 ± 5.7 ms later than the EAAS, terminated AVA-AT immediately after the onset of energy delivery (2.9 ± 1.1 seconds). In conclusion, it was shown that the AVA-AT is organized as reentry involving the verapamil-sensitive SCA with its entrance and exit at different distinct locations.
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Channeling Post-Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013; 61:2096-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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ALMENDRAL JESÚS. Resetting and Entrainment of Reentrant Arrhythmias: Part II: Informative Content and Practical Use of These Responses. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2013; 36:641-61. [DOI: 10.1111/pace.12075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- JESÚS ALMENDRAL
- From the Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit; Grupo Hospital de Madrid; Universidad CEU-San Pablo; Madrid; Spain
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Almendral J, Caulier-Cisterna R, Rojo-Álvarez JL. Resetting and entrainment of reentrant arrhythmias: part I: concepts, recognition, and protocol for evaluation: surface ECG versus intracardiac recordings. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2013; 36:508-32. [PMID: 23305213 PMCID: PMC3666092 DOI: 10.1111/pace.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Revised: 10/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this paper, we review the information accumulated over the years regarding the phenomena of resetting and entrainment of reentrant arrhythmias. Over three decades of research and clinical applications, these phenomena have demonstrated that they stay as a main tool for an intellectual understanding of reentry and to base strategies for localization of critical areas for ablative therapies. This review will be divided into two parts. This first part deals with the bases for the concept development, the means for the detection of these phenomena, and their mechanistic implications. Resetting is described as a particular response of a given rhythm to an external perturbation, indicating interaction between them. Entrainment indicates continuous reset of the rhythm when the perturbation is repetitive. The mechanisms that explain these responses in reentrant rhythms are presented. Fusion, both at the surface electrocardiogram and at the level of intracardiac recordings, is discussed in detail, with its value and limitations as a key concept to recognize entrainment and reentry. Computer simulations are used as an aid to a better understanding. Differences between resetting and entrainment are considered, and a pacing protocol to study these phenomena described.
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- Jesús Almendral
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit, Grupo Hospital de Madrid, Universidad CEU-San Pablo, Madrid, Spain.
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Yamabe H, Okumura K, Morihisa K, Koyama J, Kanazawa H, Hoshiyama T, Ogawa H. Demonstration of anatomical reentrant tachycardia circuit in verapamil-sensitive atrial tachycardia originating from the vicinity of the atrioventricular node. Heart Rhythm 2012; 9:1475-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Benito B, Josephson ME. Ventricular tachycardia in coronary artery disease. Rev Esp Cardiol 2012; 65:939-55. [PMID: 22951088 DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2012.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ventricular arrhythmias are important contributors to morbidity and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. Ventricular fibrillation accounts for the majority of deaths occurring in the acute phase of ischemia, whereas sustained, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia due to reentry generated in the scar tissue develops most often in the setting of healed myocardial infarction, especially in patients with lower left ventricular ejection fraction. Despite determinant advances in population education and myocardial infarction management, the ventricular tachycardia risk in the overall population with coronary artery disease continues to be a major problem in clinical practice. The initial evaluation of a patient presenting with ventricular tachycardia requires a 12-lead electrocardiogram, which can be helpful to confirm the diagnosis, suggest the presence of potential underlying heart disease, and identify the location of the ventricular tachycardia circuit. An invasive electrophysiologic study is usually crucial to determine the mechanism of the arrhythmia once induced and to provide guidance for ablation. The approach for ventricular tachycardia ablation depends on several factors, including inducibility, sustainability, and clinical tolerance of ventricular tachycardia. The paper also reviews other therapeutic options for patients with ventricular tachycardia associated with coronary artery disease, including antiarrhythmic drug therapy, surgical ablation, and current implantable cardioverter-defibrillator indications.
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- Begoña Benito
- Sección de Arritmias, Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, España
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Aliot EM, Stevenson WG, Almendral-Garrote JM, Bogun F, Calkins CH, Delacretaz E, Bella PD, Hindricks G, Jais P, Josephson ME, Kautzner J, Kay GN, Kuck KH, Lerman BB, Marchlinski F, Reddy V, Schalij MJ, Schilling R, Soejima K, Wilber D. EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias: Developed in a partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). Europace 2009; 11:771-817. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 283] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Douglas L Packer
- Division of Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Mayo School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, USA.
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Packer DL. Evolution of Mapping and Anatomic Imaging of Cardiac Arrhythmias. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2004; 27:1026-49. [PMID: 15271032 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Douglas L Packer
- Division of Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Mayo School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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- Mark E Josephson
- Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Josephson ME. Electrophysiology of Ventricular Tachycardia:. A Historical Perspective. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2003; 26:2052-67. [PMID: 14516353 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00320.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Mark E Josephson
- Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Wide QRS complex tachycardia is a common clinical occurrence and presents a diagnostic challenge for the physician. History, physical examination, chest radiographs, and electrocardiographic analysis are important in making the correct diagnosis. Diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia is supported by history of prior myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure, physical examination showing cannon A-waves in the jugular venous pulsation or variable heart sounds, chest radiograph showing cardiomegaly or evidence of prior cardiac surgery, and characteristic ECG features: AV dissociation, fusion/capture beats, QRS concordance or typical morphologic features in leads V1 and V6. In this article, a clinical approach to wide QRS complex tachycardias is presented.
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- A K Gupta
- Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Yamaura M, Aizawa Y, Chinushi M, Washizuka T, Uchiyama H, Kitazawa H. Abrupt loss of constant fusion during entrainment of ventricular tachycardia at a critical paced cycle length. JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL 2001; 42:67-78. [PMID: 11324808 DOI: 10.1536/jhj.42.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) can be frequently entrained and interrupted with rapid pacing and the mechanism of the pacing-induced interruption is considered to be due to orthodromic block. This study focused on the incidence of VT which was interrupted at a critical cycle length and was characterized by an abrupt loss of constant fusion in the surface electrocardiogram (ECG), and the role of orthodromic block as the cause of such characteristic change and interruption of VT was analyzed. Among 45 consecutive patients with symptomatic VT, rapid pacing was performed in 43 VTs of 39 patients. The exit was mapped as the earliest site of the activation during VT and an electrode catheter was located at the site. Rapid pacing was performed at progressively shorter cycle lengths in steps of 10 msec until VT was interrupted and the timing of the orthodromic and direct capture was compared at the exit. Abrupt loss of constant fusion was observed in 25 of 39 patients (64.1%): and the loss was invariably associated with interruption of VT. When the timings of the activation of the exit were compared, which were measured from the preceding (n-1) stimulus as the time reference, the direct capture was relatively delayed compared to that of the orthodromic capture. This finding suggests that orthodromic block is the cause of the direct capture as well as the pacing-induced interruption of VT. In the remaining 13 patients (35.9%), the surface ECG showed a gradual transition into the fully paced QRS morphology. The direct capture was confirmed in the non-fused beats, but it was not necessarily associated with interruption of VT. The interval from the stimulus to the entrained electrogram at the exit showed a gradual prolongation until the exit was finally captured directly from the pacing site. The confirmation of constant fusion followed by abrupt loss in ECG can be a reliable hallmark of orthodromic block as the cause of the interruption of VT during transient entrainment at a critical paced cycle length.
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- M Yamaura
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Greenspon AJ, Hsu SS, Borge R, Smith MF, Eldar M. Insights into the mechanism of sustained ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction in a closed chest porcine model using a multielectrode "basket" catheter. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1999; 10:1501-16. [PMID: 10571370 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Accurate analysis of the arrhythmia substrate is important for successful radiofrequency ablation of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS AND RESULTS A multielectrode "basket" catheter capable of endocardial recording and pacing was inserted percutaneously into the left ventricle of post-MI swine for analysis of the mechanism of sustained VT. Sustained VT was induced in 42 of 61 pigs that survived an acute MI produced by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery and injection of agarose gel beads. A multielectrode "basket" catheter (Constellation) with 64 electrodes was inserted in 35 of these animals for analysis of the VT. Induced VT had a cycle length of 179 +/- 25 msec at control and 230 +/- 43 msec after administration of intravenous procainamide. Presystolic electrical activity was recorded from at least 1 of 32 bipolar pairs of electrodes at a mean 40.7 +/- 23.6 msec prior to QRS onset. Isolated mid-diastolic potentials were recorded in 26 of 35 animals. In 22 animals, there were multiple isolated potentials recorded from adjacent electrode pairs. Isochronal maps demonstrated that these potentials returned to the systolic site of origin. Resetting of sustained VT by single premature ventricular stimuli was observed in 6 of 12 animals. Entrainment with overdrive pacing was seen in 19 of 26 animals with induced VT. Concealed entrainment was observed in ten animals. The mean stimulus to QRS interval was 45 +/- 28 msec. Concealed entrainment was observed from adjacent electrode pairs with different stimulus to QRS intervals. CONCLUSION These data suggest that sustained VT in this model is due to reentry with an excitable gap. A multielectrode "basket" catheter is useful for analyzing the zone of slow conduction participating in the tachycardia circuit. Such analysis may provide useful information to guide successful catheter ablation of sustained VT after MI.
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- A J Greenspon
- Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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Ablation of reentrant ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an accepted therapy for certain patients with VT caused by coronary artery disease (CAD). Its use is currently limited to patients with sustained, monomorphic, hemodynamically tolerated VT. The use of entrainment in mapping reentrant VT has made possible increasingly accurate localization of critical sites on the reentrant pathway that are amenable to ablation. Recent work has examined the accuracy with which various mapping criteria are able to predict successful ablation of reentrant VT in patients with CAD. Other recent studies have investigated attempted ablation of all inducible VTs in patients with multiple VT morphologies. In the future, substrate mapping may make possible ablation of VT in patients with nonsustained or fast, hemodynamically unstable VTs, thus allowing VT ablation to become a first-line therapy for many patients with VT in the setting of CAD.
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- A W Richardson
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Wide QRS complex tachycardia is a frequently encountered arrhythmia in the emergency department and presents a diagnostic challenge to the emergency physician. The history, physical examination, chest radiograph, and electrocardiogram analysis are important in making the correct diagnosis. The diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia is supported by, 1) a history of prior myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure; 2) a physical examination showing cannon A-waves in the jugular venous pulsation or variable heart sounds; 3) a chest radiograph showing cardiomegaly or evidence of prior cardiac surgery; and 4) characteristic ECG features that include AV dissociation, fusion-capture beats, QRS concordance, or, typical morphologic features in leads V1 and V6. This article presents the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to wide QRS tachycardias.
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- C P Shah
- Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
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Sarter BH, Schwartzman D, Callans DJ, Gottlieb CD, Marchlinski FE. Bundle branch reentry ventricular tachycardia: an investigation of the circuit with resetting. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1996; 7:1082-5. [PMID: 8930740 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00484.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We describe a patient with bundle branch reentry ventricular tachycardia with 1:1 VA conduction in whom resetting was performed while obtaining simultaneous recordings from the right ventricular apex (V) and His-bundle electrogram. Both the tachycardia return cycle and the V-His interval demonstrated an increasing reset response, while the His-V interval demonstrated a flat reset response. These reset responses are consistent with a partially excitable gap localizing to the V-His portion of the bundle branch reentry circuit.
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- B H Sarter
- Philadelphia Heart Institute, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahneman University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Callans DJ, Zardini M, Gottlieb CD, Josephson ME. The variable contribution of functional and anatomic barriers in human ventricular tachycardia: an analysis with resetting from two sites. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996; 27:1106-11. [PMID: 8609328 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00585-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate the influence of stimulation site on the properties of the circuit in ventricular tachycardia. BACKGROUND A fully excitable gap can be demonstrated in most human ventricular tachycardias. This requires the presence of an arc of block so that the entire circuit can recover from refractoriness within the period of the cycle length. Resetting characterizes the conduction properties of the tissue within the ventricular tachycardia circuit. Previous studies have not investigated the possibility of site-dependent differences in the resetting response. METHODS Resetting was performed from the right ventricular apex and outflow tract in 23 patients. Two characteristics of the resetting response were analyzed: 1) the total duration of the flat portion, and 2) the slope of the increasing portion. RESULTS A flat portion of the resetting response was observed in 18 tachycardias; in 8 of the 18, there was a significant site-dependent difference (> or = 40 ms) in the duration of the flat portion. A significant site-dependent difference in the slope of the increasing portion of the resetting curve was seen in 6 of 22 tachycardias. In all, a stimulation site-dependent change in at least one characteristic of the resetting response was seen in 12 (52%) of the 23 tachycardias. CONCLUSIONS A stimulation site-dependent change in the flat portion of the resetting response is compatible with an arc of block that is at least partially functional in nature. A change in the slope of the increasing portion is compatible with either partially functional circuit barriers or variation in properties of conduction and refractoriness at different locations within the circuit, or both. These observations suggest that a spectrum of circuit properties may exist in humans, with a variable contribution of anatomic and functional characteristics.
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- D J Callans
- Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratories, Philadelphia Heart Institute, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- D W Frazier
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Boersma L, Brugada J, Kirchhof C, Allessie M. Mapping of reset of anatomic and functional reentry in anisotropic rabbit ventricular myocardium. Circulation 1994; 89:852-62. [PMID: 8313575 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.89.2.852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Premature stimulation is used to characterize the reentrant circuit during ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients. The goal of this study was to compare the effects of premature stimulation on functional and anatomic reentrant VT. METHODS AND RESULTS In 18 Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts, thin layers of anisotropic left ventricular subepicardium were created by a cryoprocedure. In 8 hearts, rapid pacing induced reentry around a line of functional conduction block; in 10 hearts, reentry occurred around a fixed epicardial obstacle created by a cryoprobe. The cycle lengths (CL) of functional and anatomic VT were 110 +/- 10 and 167 +/- 17 milliseconds, respectively. During anatomic VT, the excitable gap measured 43% of the CL and premature stimuli could always reset VT (44 +/- 12 milliseconds). During early premature beats, conduction of the orthodromic wave was slightly depressed, but anatomic VT was never terminated. Reset curves at different sites in the ventricle revealed three different response types, both determined by and characterizing the spatial and temporal relation between pacing and recording sites. Premature stimulation during functional VT revealed a local excitable gap at the pacing site measuring 27% of the cycle length of VT. However, in only 3 of 8 hearts, premature stimuli could reset functional VT by 8%. In 5 VTs, advancement of the paced activation was fully compensated by prolongation of the return cycle, and VT was not reset. Due to slow conduction both toward and inside the circuit, the paced orthodromic wave lost its prematurity already within a distance of 6 to 10 mm from the pacing site. CONCLUSIONS Both during anatomic and functional reentry, an excitable gap is present in the reentrant circuit. Three different response curves reveal the localization of the pacing and recording sites in the circuit. Anatomic VT can always be reset by premature stimuli, whereas in 5 of 8 hearts, functional VT could not be reset. In the other 3 hearts, VT could only be reset for less than 7% to 11% of the VT interval. Therefore, it seems very unlikely that clinical VT based on functional reentry can be reset.
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- L Boersma
- Department of Physiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Ormaetxe JM, Almendral J, Arenal A, Martínez-Alday JD, Pastor A, Villacastín JP, Delcán JL. Ventricular fusion during resetting and entrainment of orthodromic supraventricular tachycardia involving septal accessory pathways. Implications for the differential diagnosis with atrioventricular nodal reentry. Circulation 1993; 88:2623-31. [PMID: 8252673 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.88.6.2623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ventricular fusion during transient entrainment of orthodromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardias (OAVRT) was originally found to be absent and recently observed only with left ventricular stimulation. However, previous studies were restricted to cases with a left free wall accessory pathway. The hypothesis of the present study was that fusion is likely during resetting and entrainment of OAVRT with right ventricular stimulation if the accessory pathway is septally located, since its insertion is relatively close to the stimulation site. This phenomenon can help in the differential diagnosis with atrioventricular nodal reentry (AVNR). METHODS AND RESULTS We performed programmed right ventricular stimulation during regular inducible supraventricular tachycardia with concentric atrial activation in 44 patients--20 with OAVRT and 24 with AVNR. Fusion in the ECG morphology of extrastimuli producing resetting was observed in 19 of 19 OAVRT but in 0 of 11 AVNR reset (P < .001). Transient entrainment was demonstrated in all 31 cases undergoing rapid ventricular pacing (14 OAVRT and 17 AVNR). Entrainment with fusion occurred in 13 of 14 OAVRT and in 0 of 17 AVNR (P < .001). Fusion was critically dependent on the coupling intervals or pacing rates, sometimes having a narrow window for its observation. CONCLUSIONS The relative proximity (conduction time) among pacing site, site of entrance to a reentrant circuit, and site of exit from the circuit to the paced chamber are critical for the occurrence of fusion during resetting and/or entrainment. The presence or absence of fusion during these phenomena can help in the differential diagnosis of certain supraventricular tachycardias.
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- J M Ormaetxe
- Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Hospital General Gregorio Maraon, Madrid, Spain
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Boersma L, Brugada J, Kirchhof C, Allessie M. Entrainment of reentrant ventricular tachycardia in anisotropic rings of rabbit myocardium. Mechanisms of termination, changes in morphology, and acceleration. Circulation 1993; 88:1852-65. [PMID: 8403331 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.88.4.1852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Entrainment of ventricular tachycardia can either terminate or change the rate and/or morphology of ventricular tachycardia. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the underlying mechanisms by mapping of entrainment of ventricular tachycardia. METHODS AND RESULTS In 10 Langendorff-perfused rings of anisotropic rabbit left ventricular epicardium created by a cryoprocedure, ventricular tachycardia with a cycle length of 167 +/- 17 milliseconds was induced by incremental pacing. During transient entrainment (10 stimuli), the circulating wave was extinguished by collision with the paced antidromic wave, whereas ventricular tachycardia was reset by the paced orthodromic wave. At shorter pacing intervals, the site of collision shifted deeper into the circuit. Entrainment at high rates (104 +/- 11 milliseconds) resulted in either termination (n = 54), a change in morphology (n = 8), or acceleration (n = 6) of ventricular tachycardia. Termination of ventricular tachycardia was due to complete (84%) or partial (16%) block of the paced orthodromic wave. Partial block induced microreentry within the circuit, resulting in a reflected echo wave that terminated ventricular tachycardia. A change in morphology of ventricular tachycardia was due to reversion of the direction of propagation of the circulating wave around the obstacle. Acceleration of ventricular tachycardia was caused by double-wave reentry induced by block of the paced antidromic wave. In 28 cases, the sequence of activation during entrainment was not stable but changed from beat to beat due to varying arcs of conduction block. Block occurred predominantly (86%) during slow transverse propagation. Before termination, local oscillations in interval occurred, resulting in a shortening of the last local interval at the site of block by 10 +/- 6 milliseconds. CONCLUSIONS Termination of ventricular tachycardia by entrainment was due either to complete orthodromic block or to a reflected echo wave. A change in morphology occurred when the direction of the circulating wave reversed. Acceleration of ventricular tachycardia was due to initiation of double-wave reentry. All changes were preceded by conduction block during one or more stimuli at one or multiple sites in the circuit. Block occurred predominantly during slow transverse propagation and was preceded by local oscillations in interval at the site of block.
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- L Boersma
- Department of Physiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Callans DJ, Hook BG, Josephson ME. Comparison of resetting and entrainment of uniform sustained ventricular tachycardia. Further insights into the characteristics of the excitable gap. Circulation 1993; 87:1229-38. [PMID: 8462149 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.87.4.1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resetting and entrainment have both been used to characterize the electrophysiological properties of the reentrant circuit in ventricular tachycardia. Several entrainment studies have suggested that the circuit has decremental properties, because the return cycle increases at faster pacing rates. Resetting, however, demonstrates a fully excitable gap in the majority of tachycardias. METHODS AND RESULTS The response to resetting and overdrive pacing was analyzed in 18 ventricular tachycardias. Resetting demonstrated some duration of a fully excitable gap in 14 of 18 tachycardias. Overdrive pacing was performed at several cycle lengths with an incremental number of stimuli (1-15 beats) such that the first beat that interacted with the tachycardia (the nth beat) could be identified. The return cycles measured during resetting and the nth beat of pacing were identical (r = 0.99). At relatively long paced cycle lengths, paced beats after the nth beat resulted in a constant return cycle in most tachycardias with a fully excitable gap. At rapid paced cycle lengths, an increase in the return cycle from the nth to the nth + 1 beat was associated with progressive prolongation in the return cycle with each incremental paced beat until a longer equilibrium return cycle was reached or the tachycardia terminated in response to pacing. CONCLUSIONS We propose that the responses to resetting and overdrive pacing with or without entrainment appear to provide conflicting information about the characteristics of the circuit because they in fact measure entirely different electrophysiological parameters. The nth beat of pacing foreshortens the excitable gap to the extent that it arrives prematurely. Subsequent paced beats interact with an altered tachycardia circuit that has had less time to recover excitability. Resetting is the interaction of a single paced beat with the tachycardia and, as such, provides a more accurate assessment of the characteristics of the unaltered tachycardia circuit.
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- D J Callans
- Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratories, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Nishizaki M, Sakurada H, Ohta T, Arita M, Hiyoshi Y, Motomiya T, Hiraoka M. Factors for transient entrainment of ventricular tachycardias by rapid atrial pacing. Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:699-704. [PMID: 8447268 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)91013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Thirteen patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) were studied to elucidate predisposing factors for the development of constant and progressive fusion by rapid atrial pacing. All patients demonstrated transient entrainment by rapid ventricular pacing during VT. Constant and progressive fusion were observed in 7 patients (positive group) during rapid atrial pacing, but not in 6 (negative group). In the positive group, VT was induced by atrial pacing in 2 patients. The demonstration of constant and progressive fusion by atrial pacing was not dependent on QRS morphology or ventriculoatrial conduction during VT. VT cycle length in the positive group (363 +/- 59 ms) was longer than in the negative group (297 +/- 31 ms; p = 0.033). The maximal atrial pacing rate producing 1:1 atrioventricular (AV) conduction in the positive group was 171 +/- 18 beats/min compared with 125 +/- 22 beats/min in the negative group (p = 0.002). There were distinct differences between the positive and negative groups in the ratio of VT cycle length to minimal atrial cycle length causing 1:1 AV conduction (1.02 +/- 0.12 vs 0.61 +/- 0.12; p = 0.0001). It is concluded that AV conduction, VT cycle length and especially their ratio are important factors for the development of transient entrainment by rapid atrial pacing during VT. Therefore, atrial pacing can be used as an easy and useful method to examine transient entrainment during VT.
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- M Nishizaki
- Department of Cardiology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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Arenal A, Almendral J, San Román D, Delcan JL, Josephson ME. Frequency and implications of resetting and entrainment with right atrial stimulation in atrial flutter. Am J Cardiol 1992; 70:1292-8. [PMID: 1442580 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90764-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Thirty-three patients (24 with typical and 9 with atypical flutter-wave morphology) were studied to evaluate the incidence and implications of resetting and entrainment of atrial flutter with right atrial stimulation. Resetting with single extrastimulus was present in 23 cases (group A) and absent in 10 (group B). Most cases of reset flutter were typical (20 of 23). Fixed fusion indicative of entrainment was observed in all 29 cases with pacing trains. Groups A and B did not differ significantly in flutter cycle length (230 +/- 20 vs 223 +/- 19 ms), atrial functional refractory period (165 +/- 18 vs 167 +/- 22 ms) or longest paced cycle length producing entrainment (213 +/- 19 vs 210 +/- 19 ms). In contrast, the return cycle after the longest paced cycle length producing entrainment was significantly shorter in group A (228 +/- 27 vs 284 +/- 56 ms; p = 0.001). The return cycle in group A was virtually identical to the flutter cycle length, whereas in group B it was greater (p = 0.002 compared with group A). Resetting was more frequent in typical than atypical flutter (20 of 24 vs 3 of 9; p = 0.01). Both typical and atypical flutter can be transiently entrained by right atrial pacing. Lack of resetting and longer return cycle, suggesting a longer conduction time between the reentrant circuit and the stimulation site, were mostly observed in atypical flutter. The data suggest a different location for both types of flutter, and may have implications for ablation techniques. A more cautious approach, with more extensive mapping, appears appropriate for ablation attempts of atypical flutter.
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- A Arenal
- Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Kremers MS, Hsia H, Wells P, Black W, Solo M, Albert D. Diastolic potentials recorded by surface electrocardiographic signal averaging during sustained ventricular tachycardia: possible origin from the reentrant circuit. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1991; 14:1000-6. [PMID: 1715059 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb04149.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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ECG signal averaging can detect low amplitude diastolic potentials in sinus rhythm. We, therefore, recorded signal-averaged ECGs during eight episodes of inducible uniform sustained VT with coincident atrial pacing to look for continuous diastolic electrical activity. Simultaneous AV pacing in seven patients served as controls. The number of QRS complexes averaged (187 +/- 47 vs 183 +/- 63), the noise level (1.26 +/- 0.88 vs 1.39 +/- 0.47) and cycle length (385 +/- 52 vs 404 +/- 40) did not differ between VT and paced recordings. In each lead the difference in onset between the unfiltered surface recording and the filtered data (40 Hz bidirectional) was significantly greater in VT than the paced recordings (25 +/- 16 vs 11 +/- 8 msec, P = 0.0012). These late diastolic (pre-QRS) potentials were greater than 15 msec duration in 65% of the leads in VT versus 20% of paced recording (P = 0.021). The maximum value was greater than 20 msec in six VT (75%) versus one (14%) paced recording (P = 0.019). The earliest filtered onset in any lead preceeded the earliest surface activity by greater than 12 msec, in 6 VT versus one paced recording (P = 0.019). Early diastolic (post-QRS) potentials were also longer in VT than pacing (49 +/- 40 versus 5 +/- 20, P = 0.001) and exceeded 38 msec in seven of the VTs but none of the paced recordings (P = 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M S Kremers
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Dallas
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Fontaine G, Evans S, Frank R, Tonet J, Iwa T, Lascault G, Grosgogeat Y. Ventricular tachycardia overdrive and entrainment with and without fusion: its relevance to the catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Clin Cardiol 1990; 13:797-803. [PMID: 2272137 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960131110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- G Fontaine
- Service de Rythmologie et de Stimulation Cardiaque du Pr. Y Grogogeat, Hôpital Jean Rostand, Ivry, France
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Furukawa T, Kimura S, Catstellanos A, Bassett AL, Myerburg RJ. In vivo induction of "focal" triggered ventricular arrhythmias and responses to overdrive pacing in the canine heart. Circulation 1990; 82:549-59. [PMID: 2372901 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.82.2.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Delayed afterdepolarizations and triggered activity were evoked in focal areas of myocardium in vivo by local exposure of endocardium to ouabain by means of a catheter electrode system capable of recording monophasic action potentials (MAPs) and delivering ouabain to the recording site. MAPs were recorded from the septum and the posterior wall of the left ventricle with silver-silver chloride electrode catheters. Ouabain (10(-5) M) was infused through the MAP recording catheter onto the endocardial surface of the septum. After infusion of 10 micrograms/kg ouabain, the amplitude of MAPs recorded from the septum (the site of ouabain infusion) decreased from 37.4 +/- 11.8 to 32.0 +/- 10.1 mV (p less than 0.01), MAP duration at 50% repolarization shortened from 160 +/- 29 to 148 +/- 34 msec (p less than 0.01), and MAP duration at 90% repolarization shortened from 198 +/- 38 to 189 +/- 46 msec (p less than 0.01). MAPs recorded from the posterior wall (the reference site) were unchanged. Delayed afterdepolarizations were recorded at the site of ouabain infusion, but not at the reference site, when the heart was paced at cycle lengths of 200-600 msec. Additional infusion of ouabain induced sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) (mean cycle length, 369 +/- 12 msec) in all 15 dogs studied. The mean concentration of ouabain required to induce VT was 20.9 +/- 10.0 micrograms/kg. Paced QRS complexes when stimulated at the site of ouabain infusion had the same morphology as those of spontaneous VT. Local perfusion of verapamil, 0.015-0.034 mg/kg, through the MAP recording catheter onto the site of ouabain infusion completely eliminated VT and premature ventricular contractions. After perfusion of verapamil, delayed afterdepolarizations could no longer be induced by pacing. These observations indicate that induced VT originated from the site of ouabain infusion, and the presence of delayed afterdepolarizations before development of VT strongly suggests that the induced VT was due to triggered activity. Using this model, we examined the responses to rapid ventricular pacing of "focal" triggered VT. The first beat of the reinitiated tachycardia displayed the same morphology as the spontaneous VT. Local perfusion of verapamil, 0.015-0.034 mg/kg, through the MAP recording catheter onto the site of ouabain infusion completely eliminated VT and premature ventricular contractions. After perfusion of verapamil, delayed afterdepolarizations could no longer be induced by pacing. These observations indicate that induced VT originated from the site of ouabain infusion, and the presence of delayed afterdepolarizations before development of VT strongly suggests that the induced VT was due to triggered activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- T Furukawa
- Department of Medicine, Cardiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101
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Blomström-Lundqvist C, Blomström P, Beckman-Suurküla M. Incessant ventricular tachycardia with a right bundle-branch block pattern and left axis deviation abolished by catheter manipulation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1990; 13:11-6. [PMID: 1689024 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb01997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A 22-year-old man underwent electrophysiological evaluation for incessant wide QRS complex tachycardia with a pattern of right bundle-branch block and left axis deviation. The right and left ventricles were enlarged and hypokinetic consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy. Ventricular tachycardia was diagnosed by demonstrating capture and fusion beats, atrioventricular dissociation, and His potential activation that began after the onset of each QRS complex. Atrial extrastimuli and rapid atrial pacing failed to terminate the tachycardia and, although ventricular stimulation was successful, the tachycardia spontaneously restarted after one or two sinus beats. The tachycardia was unexpectedly abolished during catheter manipulation in the left ventricle and has not recurred during three-years of follow-up. The picture of a cardiomyopathy resolved. The ease with which the tachycardia was abolished by catheter manipulation implicate a therapeutic potential for catheter ablation of this type of tachycardia.
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- B Surawicz
- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202
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Stevenson WG, Nademanee K, Weiss JN, Wiener I, Baron K, Yeatman LA, Sherman CT. Programmed electrical stimulation at potential ventricular reentry circuit sites. Comparison of observations in humans with predictions from computer simulations. Circulation 1989; 80:793-806. [PMID: 2791244 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.80.4.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to define specific types of resetting responses to programmed electrical stimulation during human ventricular tachycardia and to use computer simulations of reentry circuits to assess the possible mechanisms and pacing site location relative to the reentry circuit for each type of response. The effects of scanning single stimuli at 35 left ventricular endocardial sites during sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia in 12 patients were studied. In considering alterations in QRS configuration and the delay between the stimulus and the advanced QRS, we identified three types of resetting responses to scanning stimuli consistent with stimulation at sites in or near the reentry circuit at 12 abnormal endocardial sites in eight patients. Type 1: all capturing stimuli were followed after a delay by early QRS complexes that had the same configuration as the tachycardia complexes. Type 2: late stimuli reset tachycardia as in type 1 but early stimuli reset the tachycardia after altering the QRS configuration. Type 3: late stimuli reset tachycardia as in type 1, but early stimuli advanced tachycardia with a short stimulus to QRS delay without altering the QRS configuration. In the simulations, premature depolarization of sites in the circuit produced orthodromic and antidromic wavefronts. The orthodromic wavefront propagated through the circuit and exited the circuit at the same site as did the previous tachycardia wavefronts and advanced the tachycardia without altering the configuration of the advanced QRS. The antidromic wavefront of relatively late stimuli was confined within or near the circuit by collision with the orthodromic wavefront of the preceding tachycardia beat and failed to alter ventricular activation distant from the circuit. Therefore, the QRS configuration after the stimulus was unchanged. A type 1 response occurred when all capturing stimuli produced this effect. However, with increasing stimulus prematurity, the antidromic wavefront propagated farther before colliding with an orthodromic wavefront, and under some conditions, it exited the circuit from a site other than the original circuit "exit," and altered the ventricular activation sequence distant from the circuit and, therefore, the QRS configuration, producing a type 2 pattern. The type 3 pattern occurred when the antidromic wavefront of early premature beats captured the original circuit exit. The effect of a stimulus was dependent on the stimulus prematurity, the relative conduction times from the stimulation site to the potential sites of "exit" from the circuit, and the timing of the excitable gap at the stimulation site.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- W G Stevenson
- Department of Internal Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
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Stevenson WG, Weiss JN, Wiener I, Nademanee K. Slow conduction in the infarct scar: relevance to the occurrence, detection, and ablation of ventricular reentry circuits resulting from myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 1989; 117:452-67. [PMID: 2644798 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90792-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- W G Stevenson
- Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024
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