Combining 3-Dimensional Electroanatomic Mapping and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A New Tool for Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

Maria Lucia Narducci; Roberto Scacciavillani; Gemma Pelargonio; Luca Borro; Aurelio Secinaro

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.021

Combining 3-Dimensional Electroanatomic Mapping and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: A New Tool for Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Sep 21;4(18):1200-1202. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.021.

Authors

Maria Lucia Narducci¹, Roberto Scacciavillani¹, Gemma Pelargonio¹, Luca Borro², Aurelio Secinaro²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Sciences Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Advanced Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit, Department of Imaging, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

We present the case of a 17-year-old asymptomatic boy with a diagnosis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Merging of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping provided striking visualization of the association between structural and electrical alterations and guided the decision to implant an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: 3D, 3-dimensional; ACM, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; EAM, electroanatomic mapping; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle; arrhythmogenic ventricular cardiomyopathy; cMRI, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac magnetic resonance; electroanatomic mapping.