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The use of noninvasive electrocardiographic mapping in an exercise-induced and nonsustained atrial tachycardia ablation.

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SUBMITTER: Peruzza F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8134776 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The use of noninvasive electrocardiographic mapping in an exercise-induced and nonsustained atrial tachycardia ablation.

Peruzza Francesco F Maines Massimiliano M Angheben Carlo C Moggio Paolo P Catanzariti Domenico D Del Greco Maurizio M

HeartRhythm case reports 20210203 5

PMID: 34026515

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Project description:BACKGROUND:Recent advances have enabled noninvasive mapping of cardiac arrhythmias with electrocardiographic imaging and noninvasive delivery of precise ablative radiation with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). We combined these techniques to perform catheter-free, electrophysiology-guided, noninvasive cardiac radioablation for ventricular tachycardia. METHODS:We targeted arrhythmogenic scar regions by combining anatomical imaging with noninvasive electrocardiographic imaging during ventricular tachycardia that was induced by means of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). SBRT simulation, planning, and treatments were performed with the use of standard techniques. Patients were treated with a single fraction of 25 Gy while awake. Efficacy was assessed by counting episodes of ventricular tachycardia, as recorded by ICDs. Safety was assessed by means of serial cardiac and thoracic imaging. RESULTS:From April through November 2015, five patients with high-risk, refractory ventricular tachycardia underwent treatment. The mean noninvasive ablation time was 14 minutes (range, 11 to 18). During the 3 months before treatment, the patients had a combined history of 6577 episodes of ventricular tachycardia. During a 6-week postablation "blanking period" (when arrhythmias may occur owing to postablation inflammation), there were 680 episodes of ventricular tachycardia. After the 6-week blanking period, there were 4 episodes of ventricular tachycardia over the next 46 patient-months, for a reduction from baseline of 99.9%. A reduction in episodes of ventricular tachycardia occurred in all five patients. The mean left ventricular ejection fraction did not decrease with treatment. At 3 months, adjacent lung showed opacities consistent with mild inflammatory changes, which had resolved by 1 year. CONCLUSIONS:In five patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia, noninvasive treatment with electrophysiology-guided cardiac radioablation markedly reduced the burden of ventricular tachycardia. (Funded by Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation and others.).

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The use of noninvasive electrocardiographic mapping in an exercise-induced and nonsustained atrial tachycardia ablation.

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The use of noninvasive electrocardiographic mapping in an exercise-induced and nonsustained atrial tachycardia ablation.

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