High-density epicardial mapping of the pulmonary vein-left atrial junction in humans: insights into mechanisms of pulmonary vein arrhythmogenesis.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:The pulmonary veins (PVs) and the PV-LA (left atrium) junction are established sources of triggers initiating atrial fibrillation. In addition, they have been implicated in the maintenance of arrhythmia. OBJECTIVE:To undertake high-density electrophysiological characterization of the right superior PV-LA junction in humans. METHODS:Mapping was performed in 18 patients without a history of atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery. A high-density epicardial plaque was positioned at the anterior right superior pulmonary vein covering 3 regions: LA, PV-LA junction, and the PV. Isochronal maps were created during (1) sinus rhythm (SR); (2) LA pacing (LA-Pace); (3) PV pacing (PV-Pace); (4) LA programmed electrical stimulation (LA-PES); and (5) PV programmed electrical stimulation (PV-PES). Regional differences in conduction slowing/conduction block (CS/CB) and the prevalence of fractionated signals (FS) and double potentials (DPs) were assessed. RESULTS:A region of isochronal crowding representing CS/CB developed at the PV-LA junction in 84% of the maps. Three distinct activation patterns were seen. Pattern 1: Uniform SR activation without CS/CB. LA-Pace and PES caused 1 to 2 lines of isochronal crowding (CS/CB) at the PV-LA junction. Pattern 2: CS/CB occurred at the PV-LA junction in SR. LA/PV-Pace and LA/PV-PES caused an increase in CS/CB at the PV-LA junction with widely split DPs and FS. Pattern 3: A single incomplete line of CS at the PV-LA junction in SR. With LA/PV pacing and LA/PV-PES, multiple lines (≥3) of CS/CB developed at the PV-LA junction with evidence of circuitous activation and a marked increase in DPs and FS. CONCLUSION:High-density epicardial mapping of the right superior pulmonary vein demonstrates marked functional conduction delay and circuitous activation patterns at the PV-LA junction, creating the substrate for reentry.

journal_name

Heart Rhythm

journal_title

Heart rhythm

authors

Lee G,Spence S,Teh A,Goldblatt J,Larobina M,Atkinson V,Brown R,Morton JB,Sanders P,Kistler PM,Kalman JM

doi

10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.09.010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-02-01 00:00:00

pages

258-64

issue

2

eissn

1547-5271

issn

1556-3871

pii

S1547-5271(11)01047-2

journal_volume

9

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