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Standardized unfold mapping: a technique to permit left atrial regional data display and analysis

PURPOSE: Left atrial arrhythmia substrate assessment can involve multiple imaging and electrical modalities, but visual analysis of data on 3D surfaces is time-consuming and suffers from limited reproducibility. Unfold maps (e.g., the left ventricular bull’s eye plot) allow 2D visualization, facilit...

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Autores principales: Williams, Steven E., Tobon-Gomez, Catalina, Zuluaga, Maria A., Chubb, Henry, Butakoff, Constantine, Karim, Rashed, Ahmed, Elena, Camara, Oscar, Rhode, Kawal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5633640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28884216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10840-017-0281-3
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Sumario:PURPOSE: Left atrial arrhythmia substrate assessment can involve multiple imaging and electrical modalities, but visual analysis of data on 3D surfaces is time-consuming and suffers from limited reproducibility. Unfold maps (e.g., the left ventricular bull’s eye plot) allow 2D visualization, facilitate multimodal data representation, and provide a common reference space for inter-subject comparison. The aim of this work is to develop a method for automatic representation of multimodal information on a left atrial standardized unfold map (LA-SUM). METHODS: The LA-SUM technique was developed and validated using 18 electroanatomic mapping (EAM) LA geometries before being applied to ten cardiac magnetic resonance/EAM paired geometries. The LA-SUM was defined as an unfold template of an average LA mesh, and registration of clinical data to this mesh facilitated creation of new LA-SUMs by surface parameterization. RESULTS: The LA-SUM represents 24 LA regions on a flattened surface. Intra-observer variability of LA-SUMs for both EAM and CMR datasets was minimal; root-mean square difference of 0.008 ± 0.010 and 0.007 ± 0.005 ms (local activation time maps), 0.068 ± 0.063 gs (force-time integral maps), and 0.031 ± 0.026 (CMR LGE signal intensity maps). Following validation, LA-SUMs were used for automatic quantification of post-ablation scar formation using CMR imaging, demonstrating a weak but significant relationship between ablation force-time integral and scar coverage (R (2) = 0.18, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The proposed LA-SUM displays an integrated unfold map for multimodal information. The method is applicable to any LA surface, including those derived from imaging and EAM systems. The LA-SUM would facilitate standardization of future research studies involving segmental analysis of the LA. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10840-017-0281-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.