TY - JOUR
T1 - The association of left atrial low-voltage regions on electroanatomic mapping with low attenuation regions on cardiac computed tomography perfusion imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation
AU - Ling, Zhiyu
AU - McManigle, John
AU - Zipunnikov, Vadim
AU - Pashakhanloo, Farhad
AU - Khurram, Irfan M.
AU - Zimmerman, Stefan L.
AU - Philips, Binu
AU - Marine, Joseph E.
AU - Spragg, David D.
AU - Ashikaga, Hiroshi
AU - Calkins, Hugh
AU - Nazarian, Saman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Heart Rhythm Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Background Previous studies have shown that contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (CE-MDCT) could identify ventricular fibrosis after myocardial infarction. However, whether CE-MDCT can characterize atrial low-voltage regions remains unknown. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the association of CE-MDCT image attenuation with left atrial (LA) low bipolar voltage regions in patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. Methods We enrolled 20 patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. All patients underwent preprocedural 3-dimensional CE-MDCT of the LA, followed by voltage mapping (>100 points) of the LA during the ablation procedure. Epicardial and endocardial contours were manually drawn around LA myocardium on multiplanar CE-MDCT axial images. Segmented 3-dimensional images of the LA myocardium were reconstructed. Electroanatomic map points were retrospectively registered to the corresponding CE-MDCT images. Results A total of 2028 electroanatomic map points obtained in sinus rhythm from the LA endocardium were registered to the segmented LA wall CE-MDCT images. In a linear mixed model, each unit increase in the local image attenuation ratio was associated with 25.2% increase in log bipolar voltage (P =.046) after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and LA volume, as well as clustering of data by patient and LA regions. Conclusion We demonstrate that the image attenuation ratio derived from CE-MDCT is associated with LA bipolar voltage. The potential ability to image fibrosis via CE-MDCT may provide a useful alternative in patients with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging.
AB - Background Previous studies have shown that contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (CE-MDCT) could identify ventricular fibrosis after myocardial infarction. However, whether CE-MDCT can characterize atrial low-voltage regions remains unknown. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the association of CE-MDCT image attenuation with left atrial (LA) low bipolar voltage regions in patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. Methods We enrolled 20 patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. All patients underwent preprocedural 3-dimensional CE-MDCT of the LA, followed by voltage mapping (>100 points) of the LA during the ablation procedure. Epicardial and endocardial contours were manually drawn around LA myocardium on multiplanar CE-MDCT axial images. Segmented 3-dimensional images of the LA myocardium were reconstructed. Electroanatomic map points were retrospectively registered to the corresponding CE-MDCT images. Results A total of 2028 electroanatomic map points obtained in sinus rhythm from the LA endocardium were registered to the segmented LA wall CE-MDCT images. In a linear mixed model, each unit increase in the local image attenuation ratio was associated with 25.2% increase in log bipolar voltage (P =.046) after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and LA volume, as well as clustering of data by patient and LA regions. Conclusion We demonstrate that the image attenuation ratio derived from CE-MDCT is associated with LA bipolar voltage. The potential ability to image fibrosis via CE-MDCT may provide a useful alternative in patients with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Cardiac computed tomography perfusion imaging
KW - Electroanatomic mapping
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 25595922
AN - SCOPUS:84928592386
SN - 1547-5271
VL - 12
SP - 857
EP - 864
JO - Heart Rhythm
JF - Heart Rhythm
IS - 5
M1 - 6086
ER -