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Case Reports
. 2023 Jul 24;9(10):723-727.
doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.07.014. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Novel atrial pace-mapping technique based on dual-chamber electrograms to detect non-pulmonary vein foci

Kennosuke Yamashita  1 , Kenichi Furuya  2 , Daiki Kumazawa  1 , Yosuke Mizuno  1 , Kosuke Onodera  1 , Takehiro Nomura  1
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Novel atrial pace-mapping technique based on dual-chamber electrograms to detect non-pulmonary vein foci

Kennosuke Yamashita et al. HeartRhythm Case Rep. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2023 Dec 28;10(2):173. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.12.013. eCollection 2024 Feb. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2023. PMID: 38404977 Free PMC article.
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Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Atrial pace mapping; Automated technique; Catheter ablation; Mapping technique; Non–pulmonary vein foci.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
A: Intracardiac recordings showing sinus rhythm (yellow arrow) and atrial fibrillation initiation from a non–pulmonary vein trigger (pink arrow). B: Reference signals of trigger premature atrial complex recorded from the coronary sinus (CS) and right atrium (RA). C: Representative examples of the iPASO (Intracardiac Pace Match Scoring) technique. The upper panels show the pace match score of the paced signals and reference electrograms of 0.39.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Representative example of an iPASO (Intracardiac Pace Match Scoring) map. The highest matching score is 0.90, calculated as -90 ms, and the scores at the surrounding area are 0.78 (-78 ms, orange), 0.45 (-45 ms, blue), and 0.39 (-39 ms, blue). In other words, the highest score was displayed at the earliest activation site (EAS), similar to a centrifugal pattern with an EAS in the left atrial anterior wall. In this manner, the high and low matching scores obtained from the pace map can be displayed in the mapping, which is useful for determining the origin of the trigger foci.
Figure 3
Figure 3
The iPASO (Intracardiac Pace Match Scoring) map of case 2. The earliest activation site of the trigger foci was the coronary sinus proximal region (pink). In this case, the highest score was 0.90 (-90 ms), and the surrounding scores were 0.77 (-77 ms), 0.45 (-45 ms), and 0.39 (-39 ms). A centrifugal pattern with the earliest activation site at the 12 o’clock position of the tricuspid annulus was observed (Figure 2).
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