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The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping

INTRODUCTION: Non-macroreentrant atrial tachycardia (nAT) following atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is being increasingly reported. Many issues remain to be elucidated. We aimed to characterize the fractionated potentials (FPs) in nAT and introduce a new method of cross-mapping for clarifying thei...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yu-Chuan, Shi, Li-Bin, Chu, Song-Yun, Solheim, Eivind, Schuster, Peter, Chen, Jian
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.759563
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author Wang, Yu-Chuan
Shi, Li-Bin
Chu, Song-Yun
Solheim, Eivind
Schuster, Peter
Chen, Jian
author_facet Wang, Yu-Chuan
Shi, Li-Bin
Chu, Song-Yun
Solheim, Eivind
Schuster, Peter
Chen, Jian
author_sort Wang, Yu-Chuan
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description INTRODUCTION: Non-macroreentrant atrial tachycardia (nAT) following atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is being increasingly reported. Many issues remain to be elucidated. We aimed to characterize the fractionated potentials (FPs) in nAT and introduce a new method of cross-mapping for clarifying their roles. METHODS AND RESULTS: Forty-four nATs in 37 patients were enrolled and classified into focal AT (FAT, 12), microreentrant AT (MAT, 14), and small-loop-reentrant AT (SAT, 18) groups, according to activation pattern. FP was found on all targets except in nine FATs. The ratio of FP duration to AT cycle length (TCL) was different among groups (28 ± 7% in FAT, 53 ± 11% in MAT, and 42 ± 14% in SAT, p < 0.05), and ablation duration were longer in SATs (313 ± 298 vs. 111 ± 125 s, p < 0.05). The ratio of mappable cycle length to TCL was lower in the FAT group (63 ± 22% vs. 90 ± 9% and 89 ± 8%, p < 0.05). When cross-mapping was employed, trans-potential time differences in both longitudinal and transverse direction were longer around the culprit FP for MAT (p < 0.01). After Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis, it is best to adopt the sum of time difference ratios in both directions ≥60% as a cut-off value for discrimination of the FPs responsible for MAT with a sensitivity of 92% and specificity of 87%. CONCLUSIONS: FP could be found on target in most nATs following a previous AF ablation. The ratio of FP duration to TCL may help for differentiation. A simple method of cross-mapping could be employed to clarify the roles of FPs.
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spelling pubmed-89603012022-03-30 The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping Wang, Yu-Chuan Shi, Li-Bin Chu, Song-Yun Solheim, Eivind Schuster, Peter Chen, Jian Front Cardiovasc Med Cardiovascular Medicine INTRODUCTION: Non-macroreentrant atrial tachycardia (nAT) following atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is being increasingly reported. Many issues remain to be elucidated. We aimed to characterize the fractionated potentials (FPs) in nAT and introduce a new method of cross-mapping for clarifying their roles. METHODS AND RESULTS: Forty-four nATs in 37 patients were enrolled and classified into focal AT (FAT, 12), microreentrant AT (MAT, 14), and small-loop-reentrant AT (SAT, 18) groups, according to activation pattern. FP was found on all targets except in nine FATs. The ratio of FP duration to AT cycle length (TCL) was different among groups (28 ± 7% in FAT, 53 ± 11% in MAT, and 42 ± 14% in SAT, p < 0.05), and ablation duration were longer in SATs (313 ± 298 vs. 111 ± 125 s, p < 0.05). The ratio of mappable cycle length to TCL was lower in the FAT group (63 ± 22% vs. 90 ± 9% and 89 ± 8%, p < 0.05). When cross-mapping was employed, trans-potential time differences in both longitudinal and transverse direction were longer around the culprit FP for MAT (p < 0.01). After Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis, it is best to adopt the sum of time difference ratios in both directions ≥60% as a cut-off value for discrimination of the FPs responsible for MAT with a sensitivity of 92% and specificity of 87%. CONCLUSIONS: FP could be found on target in most nATs following a previous AF ablation. The ratio of FP duration to TCL may help for differentiation. A simple method of cross-mapping could be employed to clarify the roles of FPs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8960301/ /pubmed/35360369 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.759563 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wang, Shi, Chu, Solheim, Schuster and Chen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Cardiovascular Medicine
Wang, Yu-Chuan
Shi, Li-Bin
Chu, Song-Yun
Solheim, Eivind
Schuster, Peter
Chen, Jian
The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title_full The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title_fullStr The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title_full_unstemmed The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title_short The Roles of Fractionated Potentials in Non-Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardias Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Recognition Beyond Three-Dimensional Mapping
title_sort roles of fractionated potentials in non-macroreentrant atrial tachycardias following atrial fibrillation ablation: recognition beyond three-dimensional mapping
topic Cardiovascular Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8960301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.759563
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