Seungyup Lee1, Celeen M Khrestian1, Jayakumar Sahadevan2, Alan Markowitz3, Albert L Waldo4. 1. Departments of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 2. Departments of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 3. Valve Center, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 4. Departments of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Electronic address: Albert.Waldo@case.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study was to test the hypotheses that: 1) when using phase analysis, repetitive Wannabe re-entry produces a phase singularity point (i.e., a rotor); and 2) the location of the stable rotor is close to the focal source. BACKGROUND: Recent contact mapping studies in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) demonstrated that phase analysis produced a different mechanistic result than classical activation sequence analysis. Our studies in patients with persistent AF showed that focal sources sometimes produced repetitive Wannabe re-entry, that is, incomplete re-entry. METHODS: During open heart surgery, we recorded activation from both atria simultaneously using 510 to 512 electrodes in 12 patients with persistent AF. We performed activation sequence mapping and phase analyses on 4 s of mapped data. For each detected stable rotor (>2 full rotations [720°] recurring at the same site), the corresponding activation patterns were examined from the activation sequence maps. RESULTS: During AF, phase singularity points (rotors) were identified in both atria in all patients. However, stable phase singularity points were only present in 6 of 12 patients. The range of stable phase singularity points per patient was 0 to 6 (total 14). Stable phase singularity points were produced due to repetitive Wannabe re-entry generated from a focal source or by passive activation. A conduction block sometimes created a stable phase singularity point (n = 2). The average distance between a focal source and a stable rotor was 0.9 ± 0.3 cm. CONCLUSIONS: Repetitive Wannabe re-entry generated stable rotors adjacent to a focal source. No true re-entry occurred.
OBJECTIVES: This study was to test the hypotheses that: 1) when using phase analysis, repetitive Wannabe re-entry produces a phase singularity point (i.e., a rotor); and 2) the location of the stable rotor is close to the focal source. BACKGROUND: Recent contact mapping studies in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) demonstrated that phase analysis produced a different mechanistic result than classical activation sequence analysis. Our studies in patients with persistent AF showed that focal sources sometimes produced repetitive Wannabe re-entry, that is, incomplete re-entry. METHODS: During open heart surgery, we recorded activation from both atria simultaneously using 510 to 512 electrodes in 12 patients with persistent AF. We performed activation sequence mapping and phase analyses on 4 s of mapped data. For each detected stable rotor (>2 full rotations [720°] recurring at the same site), the corresponding activation patterns were examined from the activation sequence maps. RESULTS: During AF, phase singularity points (rotors) were identified in both atria in all patients. However, stable phase singularity points were only present in 6 of 12 patients. The range of stable phase singularity points per patient was 0 to 6 (total 14). Stable phase singularity points were produced due to repetitive Wannabe re-entry generated from a focal source or by passive activation. A conduction block sometimes created a stable phase singularity point (n = 2). The average distance between a focal source and a stable rotor was 0.9 ± 0.3 cm. CONCLUSIONS: Repetitive Wannabe re-entry generated stable rotors adjacent to a focal source. No true re-entry occurred.
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