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- The study used non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) to analyze the heart's electrical properties in patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) originating from the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and control subjects.
- Results showed that patients with PVCs had significantly shorter recovery times (RT) in both endocardial and epicardial layers compared to controls, along with greater dispersion in activation recovery intervals (ARI) and RT on the epicardium.
- The findings suggest that the electrophysiological characteristics in individuals with frequent RVOT PVCs are distinct, potentially indicating underlying differences in heart function.
Article Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to use non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) to study the electrophysiological properties of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) in patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) from the RVOT and in controls.
Methods: ECGI is a combined application of body surface electrocardiograms and computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging data. Unipolar electrograms are reconstructed on the epicardial and endocardial surfaces. Activation time (AT) was defined as the time of maximal negative slope of the electrogram (EGM) during QRS, recovery time (RT) as the time of maximal positive slope of the EGM during T wave, Activation recovery interval (ARI) was defined as the difference between RT and AT. ARI dispersion (Δ ARI) and RT dispersion (Δ RT) were calculated as the difference between maximal and minimal ARI and RT respectively. We evaluated those parameters in patients with frequent PVCs from the RVOT, defined as >10.000 per 24 h, and in a control group.
Results: We studied 7 patients with frequent RVOT PVCs and 17 controls. Patients with PVCs from the RVOT had shorter median RT than controls, in the endocardium and in the epicardium, respectively 380 (239-397) vs 414 (372-448) ms, p = 0.047 and 275 (236-301) vs 330 (263-418) ms, p = 0.047. The dispersion of ARI and of RT in the epicardium was higher than in controls, Δ ARI of 145 (68-216) vs 17 (3-48) ms, p = 0.001 and Δ RT of 201 (160-235) vs 115 (65-177), p = 0.019.
Conclusion: In this group of patients we found a shorter median RT in the endocardium and in the epicardium of the RVOT and a higher dispersion of the ARI and RT across the epicardium in patients with PVCs from the RVOT when comparing to controls.
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