Key result
Vein of Marshall ethanol infusion terminates refractory atrial tachycardia mapped with omnipolar technology.
Why the study?
Marshall bundle-related atrial tachycardias are common after atrial fibrillation ablation, but identifying them with conventional 3-dimensional mapping techniques may be difficult.
Does mapping with the EnSite X EP System and vein of Marshall ethanol infusion terminate recurrent atrial tachycardia in a patient with prior AF ablation?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does mapping with the EnSite X EP System and vein of Marshall ethanol infusion terminate recurrent atrial tachycardia in a patient with prior AF ablation?
High-resolution mapping with omnipolar technology can identify epicardial circuits in Marshall bundle-related atrial tachycardia, enabling successful targeted treatment with ethanol infusion.
Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Omnipolar mapping may identify epicardial circuits amenable to Vein of Marshall ethanol infusion in recurrent atrial tachycardia; leaves open prospective validation.
Key Teaching Points•Marshall bundle–related atrial tachycardias (AT) are common after atrial fibrillation ablation, but their identification with conventional 3-dimensional mapping techniques may be difficult.•In analyzing the tachycardia mechanism, omnipolar technology, grid mapping catheter, and the improvement of noise filtering contributed to the observation of epicardial potentials.•In addition to the high-resolution performance of the EnSite X EP System (Abbott, St. Paul, MN), it was useful in assessing tachycardia through the evaluation of propagation with an annotation-dependent activation map and annotation-independent omnipolar vectors, and changing the roving activation intervals as needed for circuit identification.•Vein of Marshall (VOM) ethanol infusion is a feasible and safe treatment for VOM-related AT. •Marshall bundle–related atrial tachycardias (AT) are common after atrial fibrillation ablation, but their identification with conventional 3-dimensional mapping techniques may be difficult.•In analyzing the tachycardia mechanism, omnipolar technology, grid mapping catheter, and the improvement of noise filtering contributed to the observation of epicardial potentials.•In addition to the high-resolution performance of the EnSite X EP System (Abbott, St. Paul, MN), it was useful in assessing tachycardia through the evaluation of propagation with an annotation-dependent activation map and annotation-independent omnipolar vectors, and changing the roving activation intervals as needed for circuit identification.•Vein of Marshall (VOM) ethanol infusion is a feasible and safe treatment for VOM-related AT.
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Kanda et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Recurrent atrial tachycardia after atrial fibrillation ablation (n=1). EnSite X EP System mapping and Vein of Marshall ethanol infusion was evaluated on Termination of atrial tachycardia. Vein of Marshall ethanol infusion successfully terminated atrial tachycardia after identification of the epicardial circuit using the EnSite X EP System with omnipolar technology.
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