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Arrhythmia source localization from intravenous and transthoracic catheter measurements.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17945654     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Catheter-based epicardial mapping is possible with two access methods: transthoracic access and transvenous access. Transthoracic access requires lengthy sequential mapping procedures and stable arrhythmias. Transvenous access uses the multielectrode (4-to-20 electrodes) catheters placed in the coronary veins, however, leaves most of the epicardium inaccessible to direct measurement. The aim of this present study is to demonstrate that the reconstruction of the high-resolution maps using sparse measurements from different sites on the epicardium and on the multielectrode catheters is possible with a reasonably high accuracy in terms of locating the origin of the ventricular arrhythmia. In this study we investigated strategies for recordings of transvenous and transthoracic epicardial mapping catheters, alone and in combination. For this purpose, we first examined the problem of best sampling resolution using transthoracic mapping catheters and secondly studied the feasibility of the combined usage of both mapping approaches. We evaluated two prediction methods; the Laplacian interpolation and statistical estimation. We performed 14 dog experiments to create a high-resolution epicardial potential map database. We found that 2 cm sampling resolution is quite feasible. The combined usage of transvenous and transthoracic mapping approaches improved the accuracy significantly. The results of this study encourage further investigation and provide adequate evidence for the clinical applicability of such an epicardial mapping method based on catheters.
Authors:
Bülent Yilmaz; Ugur Cunedioglu; Oguzhan Cakir
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Evaluation Studies; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference     Volume:  1     ISSN:  1557-170X     ISO Abbreviation:  Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-23     Completed Date:  2008-03-17     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101243413     Medline TA:  Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1568-71     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Biomedical Engineering Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Body Surface Potential Mapping / methods*
Catheterization, Central Venous / methods*
Dogs
Heart Catheterization / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis*

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