Abstract
Purpose
Intracardiac echocardiographic (ICE) imaging might be useful for integrating three-dimensional computed tomographic (CT) images for left atrial (LA) catheter navigation during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. However, the optimal CT image integration method using ICE has not been established.
Methods
This study included 52 AF patients who underwent successful circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI). In all patients, CT image integration was performed after the CPVI with the following two methods: (1) using ICE images of the LA derived from the right atrium and right ventricular outflow tract (RA-merge) and (2) using ICE images of the LA directly derived from the LA added to the image for the RA-merge (LA-merge). The accuracy of these two methods was assessed by the distances between the integrated CT image and ICE image (ICE-to-CT distance), and between the CT image and actual ablated sites for the CPVI (CT-to-ABL distance).
Results
The mean ICE-to-CT distance was comparable between the two methods (RA-merge = 1.6 ± 0.5 mm, LA-merge = 1.7 ± 0.4 mm; p = 0.33). However, the mean CT-to-ABL distance was shorter for the LA-merge (2.1 ± 0.6 mm) than RA-merge (2.5 ± 0.8 mm; p < 0.01). The LA, especially the left-sided PVs and LA roof, was more sharply delineated by direct LA imaging, and whereas the greatest CT-to-ABL distance was observed at the roof portion of the left superior PV (3.7 ± 2.8 mm) after the RA-merge, it improved to 2.6 ± 1.9 mm after the LA-merge (p < 0.01).
Conclusions
Additional ICE images of the LA directly acquired from the LA might lead to a greater accuracy of the CT image integration for the CVPI.
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Kaseno, K., Hisazaki, K., Nakamura, K. et al. The impact of the CartoSound® image directly acquired from the left atrium for integration in atrial fibrillation ablation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 53, 301–308 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-018-0368-5
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