title: Novel use of postpacing interval mapping to guide radiofrequency ablation of focal atrial tachycardia with long intra-atrial conduction time.
abstract: If the intra-atrial conduction time of a focal tachycardia is prolonged and exceeds the tachycardia cycle length, isochronal electroanatomical maps may be confusing by not showing the classical centrifugal pattern of focal activation. In addressing the hypothesis that by mapping post pacing intervals (PPI), the shortest PPI (ideally identical to tachycardia cycle length) would clearly display the site of origin of a focal tachycardia; this technique was used successfully to identify the origin and ablate the atrial tachycardia of a patient with previously corrected Tetralogy of Fallot.
authors.affiliation: St. Mary's Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeguchi
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors