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. 2020 Sep;31(9):2288-2297.
doi: 10.1111/jce.14636. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Multipolar mapping with the high-density grid catheter compared with conventional point-by-point mapping to guide catheter ablation for focal arrhythmias

David Chieng  1   2   3 , Anandaroop Lahiri  4 , Hariharan Sugumar  1   2   3 , Ahmed Al-Kaisey  3   5 , Ramanathan Parameswaran  3   5 , Robert D Anderson  3   5 , Sandeep Prabhu  1   2   3 , Liang-Han Ling  1   2   3 , Joseph B Morton  3   5 , Alex J McLellan  1   5 , Geoffrey Lee  3   5 , Jonathan M Kalman  3   5   6 , Andrew D McGavigan  4   7 , Peter M Kistler  1   2   3   6
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Multipolar mapping with the high-density grid catheter compared with conventional point-by-point mapping to guide catheter ablation for focal arrhythmias

David Chieng et al. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Background: Multipolar catheters provide high-density mapping which may reduce the procedural duration and improve the success of catheter ablation (CA) for focal arrhythmias. The high-density grid (HDG) catheter is a 16 electrode mapping catheter with bipole recordings at orthogonal splines. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical and procedural features from a cohort who underwent CA for focal arrhythmias using multipolar mapping (MPM) with age and case-matched cohort using point-by-point (PbyP) mapping.

Methods: Consecutive patients undergoing CA for focal arrhythmias between October 2018 and January 2020 guided by MPM were compared with PbyP mapping with the ablation catheter over a similar period. Demographics, procedural features, and outcomes were compared.

Results: A total of 54 patients (27 in MPM vs. 27 in PbyP mapping) underwent CA for 68 focal arrhythmias (26 atrial and 42 ventricular). In the MPM group, the electrogram at the successful site was significantly earlier (39 ± 11 ms) than in the PbyP group (33 ± 7 ms; p = .02). In the MPM group, the mapping time (35 ± 24 vs. 53 ± 31 min in PbyP; p = .03) and procedural duration (126 ± 42 vs. 153 ± 39 min in PbyP; p = .02) were significantly shorter. There was no significant difference in radiofrequency and fluoroscopy times, acute procedural success, and arrhythmia recurrence.

Conclusion: MPM with the HDG catheter for focal tachycardias identified earlier activation times and was associated with shorter mapping and procedure duration with equivalent success to PbyP mapping.

Keywords: HD grid; atrial tachycardia; focal; multipolar mapping; point-by-point mapping; ventricular tachycardia.

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