Integration of 3D nuclear imaging in 3D mapping system for ventricular tachycardia ablation in patients with implanted devices : Perfusion/voltage retrospective assessment of scar location

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Background: The identification of low-voltage proarrhythmic areas for catheter ablation of scar-mediated ventricular tachycardia (VT) remains challenging. Integration of myocardial perfusion imaging (single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography; SPECT/CT) and electroanatomical mapping (EAM) may improve delineation of the arrhythmogenic substrate.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of SPECT/CT image integration with voltage maps using the EnSite Precision system (Abbott) in patients undergoing scar-mediated VT ablation.

Methods: Patients underwent SPECT/CT imaging prior to left ventricular (LV) EAM with the EnSite Precision mapping system. The SPECT/CT, EAM data, and ablation lesions were retrospectively co-registered in the EnSite Precision system and exported for analysis. Segmental tissue viability scores were calculated based on SPECT/CT perfusion and electrogram bipolar voltage amplitude. Concordance, specificity, and sensitivity between the 2 modalities as well as the impact of SPECT/CT spatial resolution were evaluated.

Results: Twenty subjects (95% male, 67 ± 7 years old, left ventricular ejection fraction 36% ± 11%) underwent EAM and SPECT/CT integration. A concordance of 70% was found between EAM and SPECT/CT for identification of cardiac segments as scar vs viable, with EAM showing a 68.5% sensitivity and 76.4% specificity when using SPECT/CT as a gold standard. Projection on low-resolution 3D geometries led to an average decrease of 38% ± 22% of the voltage points used.

Conclusion: The study demonstrated the feasibility of integrating SPECT/CT with EAM performed retrospectively for characterization of anatomical substrates during VT ablation procedures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Heart rhythm O2 - 3(2022), 5 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 560-567

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thibault, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Richer, Louis-Philippe [VerfasserIn]
McSpadden, Luke C [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, Kyungmoo [VerfasserIn]
Aguilar, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Cadrin-Tourigny, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Tadros, Rafik [VerfasserIn]
Mondésert, Blandine [VerfasserIn]
Rivard, Léna [VerfasserIn]
Dyrda, Katia [VerfasserIn]
Dubuc, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Macle, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Talajic, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Khairy, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Guerra, Peter G [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Denis [VerfasserIn]
Grégoire, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Harel, François [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Implanted device
Ischemic scar
Journal Article
Perfusion imaging
SPECT/CT
Ventricular ischemia
Ventricular tachycardia
Voltage mapping

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Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.hroo.2022.06.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348543409