title: Electrocardiographic estimation of successful ablation site in patients with manifest inferior paraseptal accessory pathway.
abstract: Inferior paraseptal accessory pathways (APs) have a wide distribution and prediction of AP location before radiofrequency ablation is very important in such pathways. We aimed to estimate successful ablation site based on electrocardiogram in 137 patients (mean age: 25.8±9.0; 126 males) with single manifest inferior paraseptal AP. Right endocardial inferior paraseptal APs were discriminated from left endocardial APs with an R/S ratio <1 (p<0.001) and negative delta wave in lead V1 (p<0.001). Epicardial inferior paraseptal APs were differentiated from endocardial APs by a negative delta wave in lead II (p=0.001), positive delta waves in AVR (p<0.001) and V1 (p=0.012), R/S ratio <1 in lead II (p=0.03), and R/S ratio ≥1 in V1 (p=0.04). Delta wave polarity and R/S ratio in lead V1 differentiate right endocardial inferior paraseptal APs from left endocardial APs. Delta wave polarities in leads II, AVR and V1, and R/S ratios in leads II and V1 estimate epicardial inferior paraseptal APs.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Hasan Kutsi
authors: HK
authors: Kabul
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey. Electronic address: tanerulusbuca@gmail.com.
authors: Taner
authors: T
authors: Ulus
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Cem
authors: C
authors: Barcın
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Unlu
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Samed
authors: S
authors: Samedli
authors: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military School, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Sedat
authors: S
authors: Kose
mesh_terms: D058606:Accessory Atrioventricular Bundle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Accessory pathway; Inferior paraseptal; Radiofrequency ablation