Non-invasive cardiac mapping in clinical practice: Application to the ablation of cardiac arrhythmias

J Electrocardiol. 2015 Nov-Dec;48(6):966-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.08.028. Epub 2015 Aug 15.

Abstract

Ten years ago, electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) started to demonstrate its efficiency in clinical settings. The initial application to localize focal ventricular arrhythmias such as ventricular premature beats was probably the easiest to challenge and validates the concept. Our clinical experience in using this non-invasive mapping technique to identify the sources of electrical disorders and guide catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias (premature atrial beat, atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation), ventricular arrhythmias (premature ventricular beats) and ventricular pre-excitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome) is described here.

Keywords: Cardiac arrhythmia; ECGI; Non-invasive mapping.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis*
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery*
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods*
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods
  • Patient Selection
  • Preoperative Care / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*