Characteristics of ventricular intracardiac electrograms of ventricular tachycardias originating from the epicardia in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. (2nd February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kawamura, Iwanari; Fukamizu, Seiji; Arai, Marina; Inagaki, Dai; Miyabe, Tomonori; Miyazawa, Satoshi; Kitamura, Takeshi; Hojo, Rintaro; Nishizaki, Mitsuhiro; Sakurada, Harumizu; Hiraoka, Masayasu
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. Volume 30:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 575
• Page End: 581
• Publication Date: 2019-02-02
• Subjects: electrogram width -- epicardial -- implantable cardioverter defibrillator -- stored electrogram -- ventricular tachycardia; Blood vessels -- Physiology -- Periodicals; Electrophysiology -- Periodicals; Heart -- Physiology -- Periodicals; 612.1
• DOI: 10.1111/jce.13854
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-3873

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: While characteristic waveforms of 12‐lead electrocardiograms have been reported to predict the epicardial origin of ventricular tachycardia (VT), it has not been fully examined whether ventricular intracardiac electrograms (VEGMs) recorded from the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) via telemetry can determine the origin of VT or not. The aim of this study was to investigate the VEGM characteristics of VT originating from the epicardia. Method and Results: Intracardiac VEGMs of the induced VTs, with detected sites of origin during the VT study, were recorded in 15 (23 VTs) of the 46 patients. The characteristics of the 23 VTs were evaluated using far‐field and near‐field VEGMs recorded via telemetry. Five of 23 VTs were found to be focused on the epicardial site (epi group) and 18 VTs were focused on the endocardium (endo group). VTs of the epi group had longer VEGM duration in far‐field EGM than those of the endo group (epi group: 240 ± 49 ms vs endo group: 153 ± 45 ms; P = 0.002) and the duration from the onset to the peak of VEGM was also longer than that of the endo group (epi group: 153 ± 53 ms vs endo group: 63 ± 28 ms; P < 0.001). There was no difference in the V wave duration in tip‐ring EGM between both groups (epi group: 122 ± 52 ms vs endo group: 98 ± 6 ms; P = 0.377). Conclusion: Evaluation of intracardiac VEGM before VT ablation may be helpful to predict the epicardial origin of VT in patients with an ICD.