Frontiers in non-invasive cardiac mapping: future implications for arrhythmia treatment

Minerva Cardioangiol. 2018 Feb;66(1):75-82. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04463-2. Epub 2017 Jul 12.

Abstract

Electrocardiographic mapping (ECM) is a noninvasive technique using body surface potentials and CT geometry to reconstruct epicardial maps. ECM is emerging as an important tool not only for diagnostic mapping, but also as a guide for trans-catheter ablation of complex arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. It provides the clinician with an immediate global view of the substrate, allowing easier pre-procedural planning, potentially improving clinical outcomes. Panoramic mapping of ventricular fibrillation (VF) is helping to develop a better understanding of its physiology, with future implications for the identification of therapeutic targets in patients with structural heart disease, as well as in idiopathic VF.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / diagnosis*
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / surgery
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / surgery
  • Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Electrocardiography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / surgery