Relationship Between Fibrosis Detected on Late Gadolinium-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Re-Entrant Activity Assessed With Electrocardiographic Imaging in Human Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to assess the relationship between fibrosis and re-entrant activity in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF).

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms involved in sustaining re-entrant activity during AF are poorly understood.

METHODS: Forty-one patients with persistent AF (age 56 ± 12 years; 6 women) were evaluated. High-resolution electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) was performed during AF by using a 252-chest electrode array, and phase mapping was applied to locate re-entrant activity. Sites of high re-entrant activity were defined as re-entrant regions. Late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed at 1.25 × 1.25 × 2.5 mm resolution to characterize atrial fibrosis and measure atrial volumes. The relationship between LGE burden and the number of re-entrant regions was analyzed. Local LGE density was computed and characterized at re-entrant sites. All patients underwent catheter ablation targeting re-entrant regions, the procedural endpoint being AF termination. Clinical, CMR, and ECGI predictors of acute procedural success were then analyzed.

RESULTS: Left atrial (LA) LGE burden was 22.1 ± 5.9% of the wall, and LA volume was 74 ± 21 ml/m2. The number of re-entrant regions was 4.3 ± 1.7 per patient. LA LGE imaging was significantly associated with the number of re-entrant regions (R = 0.52, p = 0.001), LA volume (R = 0.62, p < 0.0001), and AF duration (R = 0.54, p = 0.0007). Regional analysis demonstrated a clustering of re-entrant activity at LGE borders. Areas with high re-entrant activity showed higher local LGE density as compared with the remaining atrial areas (p < 0.0001). Failure to achieve AF termination during ablation was associated with higher LA LGE burden (p < 0.001), higher number of re-entrant regions (p < 0.001), and longer AF duration (p = 0.008).

CONCLUSIONS: The number of re-entrant regions during AF relates to the extent of LGE on CMR, with the location of these regions clustering to LGE areas. These characteristics affect procedural outcomes of ablation.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Jan;4(1):30-32. - PMID 29600783

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology - 4(2018), 1 vom: 13. Jan., Seite 17-29

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cochet, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Dubois, Rémi [VerfasserIn]
Yamashita, Seigo [VerfasserIn]
Al Jefairi, Nora [VerfasserIn]
Berte, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Sellal, Jean-Marc [VerfasserIn]
Hooks, Darren [VerfasserIn]
Frontera, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Amraoui, Sana [VerfasserIn]
Zemoura, Adlane [VerfasserIn]
Denis, Arnaud [VerfasserIn]
Derval, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Sacher, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Corneloup, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Latrabe, Valérie [VerfasserIn]
Clément-Guinaudeau, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Relan, Jatin [VerfasserIn]
Zahid, Sohail [VerfasserIn]
Boyle, Patrick M [VerfasserIn]
Trayanova, Natalia A [VerfasserIn]
Bernus, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Montaudon, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Laurent, François [VerfasserIn]
Hocini, Mélèze [VerfasserIn]
Haïssaguerre, Michel [VerfasserIn]
Jaïs, Pierre [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AU0V1LM3JT
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrosis
Electrocardiographic mapping
Gadolinium
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Re-entry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rotor

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Date Completed 08.10.2019

Date Revised 10.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Jan;4(1):30-32. - PMID 29600783

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacep.2017.07.019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM28137659X