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- This study aimed to assess how well uni- and bipolar electrograms from a specialized catheter could identify areas of heart scar and the complexity of that scar.
- Early reperfusion leads to varied endocardial scars, and while bipolar voltage mapping is commonly used, the full potential of unipolar mapping has not been fully explored.
- Results showed that unipolar voltage mapping had a stronger correlation with viable heart tissue compared to bipolar mapping, and the multielectrode catheter was better at identifying complex scar patterns.
Article Abstract
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the ability of uni- and bipolar electrograms collected with a multielectrode catheter with smaller electrodes to: 1) delineate scar; and 2) determine local scar complexity.
Background: Early reperfusion results in variable endocardial scar, often overlaid with surviving viable myocardium. Although bipolar voltage (BV) mapping is considered the pillar of substrate-based ablation, the role of unipolar voltage (UV) mapping has not been sufficiently explored. It has been suggested that bipolar electrograms collected with small electrode catheters can better identify complex scar geometries.
Methods: Twelve swine with early reperfusion infarctions were mapped with the 48-electrode OctaRay catheter and a conventional catheter during sinus rhythm. BV electrograms with double components were identified. Transmural (n = 933) biopsy specimens corresponding to mapping points were obtained, histologically assessed, and classified by scar geometry.
Results: OctaRay UV (UV) and BV (BV) amplitude were associated with the amount of viable myocardium at a given location, with a stronger association for UV (R = 0.767 vs 0.473). Cutoff values of 3.7 mV and 1.0 mV could delineate scar (area under the curve: 0.803 and 0.728 for UV and BV, respectively). The morphology of bipolar electrograms collected with the OctaRay catheter more frequently identified areas with 2 layers of surviving myocardium than electrograms collected with the conventional catheter (84% vs 71%).
Conclusions: UV mapping can generate a map to delineate the area of interest when using a multielectrode catheter. Within this area of interest, the morphology of bipolar electrograms can identify areas in which a surviving epicardial layer may overlay a poorly coupled, potentially arrhythmogenic, endocardium.
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