title: Noninvasive diagnostic mapping of supraventricular arrhythmias (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome and atrial arrhythmias).
abstract: The 12-lead electrocardiogram has limited value in precisely identifying the origin of focal or critical component of reentrant arrhythmias during supraventricular arrhythmias, as well as precisely locating accessory atrioventricular conduction pathways. Because of these limitations, efforts have been made to reconstruct epicardial activation sequences from body surface measurements obtained noninvasively. The last decade has registered significant progress in obtaining clinically useful data from the attempts to noninvasively map the epicardial electrical activity. This article summarizes the recent advances made in this area, specifically addressing the clinical outcomes of such efforts relating to atrial arrhythmias and Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, MS LKS 5038, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Electronic address: Ivan.Cakulev@case.edu.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cakulev
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Jayakumar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sahadevan
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, MS LKS 5038, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Albert L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Waldo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Atrial arrhythmias; Body surface mapping; Cardiac electroanatomic mapping; Noninvasive mapping; WPW