Relationship of slow conduction detected by pace-mapping to ventricular tachycardia re-entry circuit sites after infarction

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Brunckhorst, CB
Stevenson, WG
Soejima, K
Maisel, WH
Delacretaz, E
Friedman, PL
Ben-Haim, SA
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[1] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Cardiovasc, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Univ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
[3] Univ Hosp Bern, Swiss Cardiovasc Ctr, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
[4] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Haifa, Israel
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10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02932-7
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to characterize the relationship of conduction delays detected by pace-mapping, evident as a stimulus to QRS interval (S-QRS) delay greater than or equal to40 ms, to ventricular tachycardia (VT) re-entry circuit isthmuses defined by entrainment and ablation. BACKGROUND Areas of slow conduction and block in old infarcts cause re-entrant VT. METHODS In 12 patients with VT after infarction, pace-mapping was performed at 890 sites. Stimulus to QRS intervals were measured and plotted in three-dimensional reconstructions of the left ventricle. Conduction delay was defined as greater than or equal to40 ms and marked delay as >80 ms. The locations of conduction delays were compared to the locations of 14 target areas, defined as the region within a radius of 2 cm of a re-entry circuit isthmus. RESULTS Pacing captured at 829 sites; 465 (56%) had no S-QRS delay, 364 (44%) had a delay greater than or equal to40 ms, and 127 (15%) had a delay >80 ms. Sites with delays were clustered in 14 discrete regions, 13 of which overlapped target regions. Only 1 of the 14 target regions was not related to an area of S-QRS delay. Sites with marked delays >80 ms were more often in the target (52%) than sites with delays 40 to 80 ms (29%) (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Identification of abnormal conduction during pace-mapping can be used to focus mapping during induced VT to a discrete region of the infarct. Further study is warranted to determine if targeting regions of conduction delay may allow ablation of VT during stable sinus rhythm without mapping during VT. (C) 2003 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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