title: Intracardiac echocardiography for registration of rotational angiography-based left atrial reconstructions: a novel approach integrating two intraprocedural three-dimensional imaging techniques in atrial fibrillation ablation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Image integration of three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions of left atrial (LA) and pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy into electroanatomical mapping (EAM) plays a major role in atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Point-by-point EAM is commonly used for registration of imported LA and PV anatomy. We aimed to assess the accuracy of intraprocedural rotational angiography-based LA imaging registered by spatial reconstruction of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in patients undergoing AF ablation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-two patients (11 males, 66 ± 12 years) were studied. Reconstructions of LA and PVs based on rotational angiography were registered by a second 3D reconstruction based on ICE. In a second step, EAM points were added to ICE 3D reconstructions. A 3D image of the LA and PVs was reconstructed in all patients by both imaging modalities. Rotational angiography and ICE-based LA 3D reconstructions took 11.5 ± 5.2 and 20.4 ± 11.2 min, respectively. A total of 17 ± 6 two-dimensional ICE fans were used for spatial reconstruction of ICE. The deviation between the two 3D shells was 2.6 ± 0.5 mm. Integration of 78 ± 58 EAM points into ICE 3D reconstruction did not significantly reduce the deviation to rotational angiography-based reconstructions (2.7 ± 0.6 mm). All PVs were isolated successfully.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intraprocedural 3D reconstruction of LA and PVs for ablation of AF is feasible based on both rotational angiography and ICE. LA reconstructions based on rotational angiography can accurately be registered using 3D ICE shells. Additional EAM does not enhance accuracy. Therefore, registration of rotational angiography-based 3D reconstructions by 3D reconstructions from ICE seems to be an alternative technique to support AF ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westfalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. georgnoelker@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nölker
authors.forename: Klaus-Jürgen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Gutleben
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asbach
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heintze
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brachmann
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horstkotte
authors.forename: Anil M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000601:surgery*; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery