A simple pacing maneuver to unmask an epicardial connection involving the right‐sided pulmonary veins.

Introduction: An epicardial connection (EC) between the right‐sided pulmonary venous (PV) carina and right atrium (RA) is one of the mechanisms for which carinal ablation is required for right‐sided PV isolation. The purpose of the study was to devise a simple pacing maneuver to differentiate an EC...

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Publicado en:Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 287 - 297
Autores principales: Hasebe, Hideyuki, Yoshida, Kentaro, Nogami, Akihiko, Furuyashiki, Yoshitaka, Hanaki, Yuichi, Baba, Masako, Ieda, Masaki
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2021
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          Hasebe, Hideyuki
          Yoshida, Kentaro
          Nogami, Akihiko
          Furuyashiki, Yoshitaka
          Hanaki, Yuichi
          Baba, Masako
          Ieda, Masaki
        affil: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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          Pulmonary Veins
          Catheter Ablation Methods
          Heart Atrium Physiology
          Heart Atrium Anatomy and Histology
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          Electrophysiology
          Atrial Fibrillation
          Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
          Descriptive Statistics
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          T-Tests
          Chi Square Test
          Data Analysis Software
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          Electrodes, Implanted
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      ab: Introduction: An epicardial connection (EC) between the right‐sided pulmonary venous (PV) carina and right atrium (RA) is one of the mechanisms for which carinal ablation is required for right‐sided PV isolation. The purpose of the study was to devise a simple pacing maneuver to differentiate an EC from a residual conduction gap on the antral ablation line during radiofrequency catheter ablation. Methods and Results: This study included 133 consecutive patients. After one round of ablation, electrograms at the posterior antrum outside the ablation line were recorded during sinus rhythm (SR) and coronary sinus (CS) pacing, and intervals between the antral and PV potentials were measured in each rhythm. The ΔintervalSR‐CS was calculated as the difference between the interval during SR and that during CS pacing. Presence of an EC was confirmed by observation of a RA posterior wall breakthrough during right‐sided PV pacing, which was then targeted for ablation. Patients with nonachievement of first‐pass isolation (N = 35) and with PV reconnection during the procedure (N = 9) were classified into the EC‐group (N = 20) and gap‐group (N=24), respectively. The prevalence of carina breakthrough during SR was higher in the EC‐group than the gap‐group (18 [95%] vs. 1 [4%] patients, p <.0001). The ΔintervalSR‐CS was larger in the EC‐group versus gap‐group (71 [interquartile range, 57–97] vs. 6 [2–9] ms, p <.0001). In all patients with an EC, RA ablation resulted in delay (32 [20–40] ms) (N = 15) or elimination of PV potentials (N = 5). Conclusion: An EC can be efficiently discriminated from a conduction gap by a simple pacing maneuver.
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