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Localization of optimal ablation site of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia from right and left ventricular outflow tract by body surface ECG

Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is known to arise from the right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular outflow tracts (LVOT). However, reliable noninvasive methods to localize the optimum ablation site for VT have not been reported. Body surface maps (BSM) and 12-lead ECGs were investigated...

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1998-10, Vol.98 (15), p.1525-1533
Main Authors: KAMAKURA, S, SHIMIZU, W, MATSUO, K, TAGUCHI, A, SUYAMA, K, KURITA, T, AIHARA, N, OHE, T, SHIMOMURA, K
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Summary:Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is known to arise from the right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular outflow tracts (LVOT). However, reliable noninvasive methods to localize the optimum ablation site for VT have not been reported. Body surface maps (BSM) and 12-lead ECGs were investigated in 35 VTs from the RVOT and 5 VTs from the LVOT in which the origin was confirmed during the ablation procedure. The RVOT was classified into 8 subdivisions with the use of a 3-dimensional anatomic relation: anterior (A) posterior (P), right (R) left (L), and superior (S) inferior (I). On the BSM, the following 3 indexes differentiated each location of the origin, with a diagnostic accuracy of 88% (A-P), 92% (R-L), and 77% (S-I): (1) the location of the minimum at the early-to-mid QRS (right, A; left, P), (2) the isopotential distribution in the left shoulder area after 30 ms of QRS (positive, R; negative, L), and (3) the downward moving time of the minimum at the early-to-mid QRS (>/=50 ms, S; 140 ms, A; /=aVL, R; aVR/=1 in lead V3 was an index suggesting the LVOT origin. The origin or the optimum ablation site of idiopathic VT from RVOT and LVOT can be localized with the use of indexes obtained with a BSM or 12-lead ECG.
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/01.cir.98.15.1525