Key result
Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) identifies critical atrial flutter reentry sites in congenital heart disease, a population where up to 25% of D-TGA patients develop atrial tachyarrhythmias.
Why the study?
Does Atrial Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) identify critical reentry sites for atrial flutter in patients with congenital heart disease?
Does Atrial Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) identify critical reentry sites for atrial flutter in patients with congenital heart disease?
Atrial Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) during sinus rhythm is a useful technique to identify critical reentry sites for atrial flutter in patients with congenital heart disease.
May aid flutter ablation targeting in congenital heart disease; extends ILAM mapping but leaves open prospective validation.
•For patients with congenital heart disease, significant atrial low voltage areas may occur that can be the substrate for reentrant atrial arrhythmias. While atrial flutter may occur in these patients, it is important to consider the full differential of supraventricular tachycardias.•Up to 25% of patients with D-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) have atrial tachyarrhythmias, which includes cavotricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutters but are also at risk for other atrial reentrant arrhythmias due to Mustard and Senning procedures.•Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) can be performed during sinus rhythm and identifies deceleration zones often present in low voltage areas of the atrium or ventricle. Atrial ILAM’s can identify areas critical to atrial flutter reentry sites.
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Ricceri et al. (2023) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease with atrial tachyarrhythmias. Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) was evaluated. Isochronal Late Activation Mapping (ILAM) identifies critical atrial flutter reentry sites in congenital heart disease, a population where up to 25% of D-TGA patients develop atrial tachyarrhythmias.
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