Key result
Body surface mapping and ECG imaging show potential to predict CRT outcomes and guide LV leads.
Why the study?
To review the current status of knowledge on body surface potential mapping and ECG imaging for patient selection, LV lead positioning, and CRT programming optimization, and to indicate major trends and future perspectives.
Do body surface potential mapping (BSPM) and ECG imaging (ECGI) methods improve patient selection, LV lead positioning, and CRT programming in CRT patients?
Systematic Review
Do body surface potential mapping (BSPM) and ECG imaging (ECGI) methods improve patient selection, LV lead positioning, and CRT programming in CRT patients?
BSPM and ECGI show potential for optimizing CRT patient selection, lead placement, and programming, but require further validation in prospective randomized trials before routine clinical use.
This paper reviews the current status of the knowledge on body surface potential mapping (BSPM) and ECG imaging (ECGI) methods for patient selection, left ventricular (LV) lead positioning, and optimisation of CRT programming, to indicate the major trends and future perspectives for the application of these methods in CRT patients. A systematic literature review using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science was conducted to evaluate the available clinical evidence regarding the usage of BSPM and ECGI methods in CRT patients. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement was used as a basis for this review. BSPM and ECGI methods applied in CRT patients were assessed, and quantitative parameters of ventricular depolarisation delivered from BSPM and ECGI were extracted and summarised. BSPM and ECGI methods can be used in CRT in several ways, namely in predicting CRT outcome, in individualised optimisation of CRT device programming, and the guiding of LV electrode placement, however, further prospective or randomised trials are necessary to verify the utility of BSPM for routine clinical practice.
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Sedova et al. (2021) conducted a systematic review in Heart failure patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Body surface potential mapping (BSPM) and ECG imaging (ECGI) was evaluated. Body surface potential mapping and ECG imaging methods demonstrated potential utility in predicting cardiac resynchronization therapy outcomes, optimizing device programming, and guiding left ventricular lead placement.
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