PURPOSE: The CARTOFINDER mapping system analyzes activation patterns using unipolar potentials during atrial fibrillation (AF), where isoproterenol (ISP) is conventionally used to induce non-pulmonary vein (PV) foci and confirm PV arrhythmogenicity. In 20 patients with persistent AF who underwent ablation at our hospital, arrhythmogenic foci were evaluated using both these methods. METHODS: Before pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), PV and left atrium (LA) were analyzed during AF using CARTOFINDER, and the isolation line was determined based on the results. After PVI, ISP was loaded after return of sinus rhythm and confirmation of the presence of arrhythmogenic foci. The activation site in LA was ablated at the discretion of the surgeon. RESULTS: Focal activation sites detected by CARTOFINDER correlated with the arrhythmogenic foci induced by ISP in the PVs. The results also showed that a greater number of focal activation sites in the PVs correlated to an increased response to ISP administration. In one patient, it was observed that the focal activation site identified in the PV also coincided with the site of the origin of automaticity induced by ISP after PVI. CONCLUSION: CARTOFINDER and ISP both reliably determined the presence of arrhythmogenic foci in PV, in patients with persistent AF. Knowledge of the nature of arrhythmogenic foci in non-PV is considered to be a topic for future studies, and further data collection is required.
PURPOSE: The CARTOFINDER mapping system analyzes activation patterns using unipolar potentials during atrial fibrillation (AF), where isoproterenol (ISP) is conventionally used to induce non-pulmonary vein (PV) foci and confirm PV arrhythmogenicity. In 20 patients with persistent AF who underwent ablation at our hospital, arrhythmogenic foci were evaluated using both these methods. METHODS: Before pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), PV and left atrium (LA) were analyzed during AF using CARTOFINDER, and the isolation line was determined based on the results. After PVI, ISP was loaded after return of sinus rhythm and confirmation of the presence of arrhythmogenic foci. The activation site in LA was ablated at the discretion of the surgeon. RESULTS: Focal activation sites detected by CARTOFINDER correlated with the arrhythmogenic foci induced by ISP in the PVs. The results also showed that a greater number of focal activation sites in the PVs correlated to an increased response to ISP administration. In one patient, it was observed that the focal activation site identified in the PV also coincided with the site of the origin of automaticity induced by ISP after PVI. CONCLUSION: CARTOFINDER and ISP both reliably determined the presence of arrhythmogenic foci in PV, in patients with persistent AF. Knowledge of the nature of arrhythmogenic foci in non-PV is considered to be a topic for future studies, and further data collection is required.
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