Neal K Bhatia1,2, Albert J Rogers1, David E Krummen3, Samir Hossainy1, William Sauer4, John M Miller5, Mahmood I Alhusseini1, Adam Peszek6, Erin Armenia7, Tina Baykaner1, Johannes Brachmann8, Mintu P Turakhia9, Paul Clopton1, Paul J Wang1, Wouter-Jan Rappel10, Sanjiv M Narayan1. 1. Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, 780 Welch Road, MC 5773, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. 2. Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. 4. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA. 7. Department of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. 8. Department of Cardiology, Klinikum-Coburg, Coburg, Germany. 9. Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, USA. 10. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) has been explained by multiple mechanisms which, while they conflict, all agree that more disorganized AF is more difficult to treat than organized AF. We hypothesized that persistent AF consists of interacting organized areas which may enlarge, shrink or coalesce, and that patients whose AF areas enlarge by ablation are more likely to respond to therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: We mapped vectorial propagation in persistent AF using wavefront fields (WFF), constructed from raw unipolar electrograms at 64-pole basket catheters, during ablation until termination (Group 1, N = 20 patients) or cardioversion (Group 2, N = 20 patients). Wavefront field mapping of patients (age 61.1 ± 13.2 years, left atrium 47.1 ± 6.9 mm) at baseline showed 4.6 ± 1.0 organized areas, each separated by disorganization. Ablation of sites that led to termination controlled larger organized area than competing sites (44.1 ± 11.1% vs. 22.4 ± 7.0%, P < 0.001). In Group 1, ablation progressively enlarged unablated areas (rising from 32.2 ± 15.7% to 44.1 ± 11.1% of mapped atrium, P < 0.0001). In Group 2, organized areas did not enlarge but contracted during ablation (23.6 ± 6.3% to 15.2 ± 5.6%, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Mapping wavefront vectors in persistent AF revealed competing organized areas. Ablation that progressively enlarged remaining areas was acutely successful, and sites where ablation terminated AF were surrounded by large organized areas. Patients in whom large organized areas did not emerge during ablation did not exhibit AF termination. Further studies should define how fibrillatory activity is organized within such areas and whether this approach can guide ablation. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) has been explained by multiple mechanisms which, while they conflict, all agree that more disorganized AF is more difficult to treat than organized AF. We hypothesized that persistent AF consists of interacting organized areas which may enlarge, shrink or coalesce, and that patients whose AF areas enlarge by ablation are more likely to respond to therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS: We mapped vectorial propagation in persistent AF using wavefront fields (WFF), constructed from raw unipolar electrograms at 64-pole basket catheters, during ablation until termination (Group 1, N = 20 patients) or cardioversion (Group 2, N = 20 patients). Wavefront field mapping of patients (age 61.1 ± 13.2 years, left atrium 47.1 ± 6.9 mm) at baseline showed 4.6 ± 1.0 organized areas, each separated by disorganization. Ablation of sites that led to termination controlled larger organized area than competing sites (44.1 ± 11.1% vs. 22.4 ± 7.0%, P < 0.001). In Group 1, ablation progressively enlarged unablated areas (rising from 32.2 ± 15.7% to 44.1 ± 11.1% of mapped atrium, P < 0.0001). In Group 2, organized areas did not enlarge but contracted during ablation (23.6 ± 6.3% to 15.2 ± 5.6%, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Mapping wavefront vectors in persistent AF revealed competing organized areas. Ablation that progressively enlarged remaining areas was acutely successful, and sites where ablation terminated AF were surrounded by large organized areas. Patients in whom large organized areas did not emerge during ablation did not exhibit AF termination. Further studies should define how fibrillatory activity is organized within such areas and whether this approach can guide ablation. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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