Left atrial voltage map**: defining and targeting the atrial fibrillation substrate

I Sim, M Bishop, M O'Neill, SE Williams - Journal of Interventional Cardiac …, 2019 - Springer
Low atrial endocardial bipolar voltage, measured during catheter ablation for atrial
fibrillation (AF), is a commonly used surrogate marker for the presence of atrial fibrosis. Low …

Electrogram recording and analyzing techniques to optimize selection of target sites for ablation of cardiac arrhythmias

JMT de Bakker - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The extracellular electrogram is caused by transmembrane currents that flow into
extracellular space during propagation of the electrical impulse. Electrograms are usually …

Physics-informed neural networks to learn cardiac fiber orientation from multiple electroanatomical maps

C Ruiz Herrera, T Grandits, G Plank… - Engineering with …, 2022 - Springer
We propose FiberNet, a method to estimate in-vivo the cardiac fiber architecture of the
human atria from multiple catheter recordings of the electrical activation. Cardiac fibers play …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution, live, directional map**

DC Deno, A Bhaskaran, DJ Morgan, F Goksu… - Heart Rhythm, 2020 - Elsevier
Methods Omnipolar map** technology (OT) uses both unipolar and bipolar signals to
obtain omnipolar signals, directions, and speeds. Supplemental Video 2 explains in detail …

Grid map** catheter for ventricular tachycardia ablation

K Okubo, A Frontera, C Bisceglia… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: A new grid map** catheter (GMC)—allowing for bipolar recordings of the
electrograms in each orthogonal direction—became available. The aim of the current study …

Identification of low-voltage areas: a unipolar, bipolar, and omnipolar perspective

MS van Schie, RK Kharbanda, CA Houck… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Low-voltage areas (LVAs) are commonly considered surrogate markers for an
arrhythmogenic substrate underlying tachyarrhythmias. It remains challenging to define a …

Resolving bipolar electrogram voltages during atrial fibrillation using omnipolar map**

SK Haldar, K Magtibay, A Porta-Sanchez… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Low-voltage–guided substrate modification is an emerging strategy in atrial
fibrillation (AF) ablation. A major limitation to contemporary bipolar electrogram (EGM) …

OpenEP: a cross-platform electroanatomic map** data format and analysis platform for electrophysiology research

SE Williams, CH Roney, A Connolly, I Sim… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Electroanatomic map** systems are used to support electrophysiology
research. Data exported from these systems is stored in proprietary formats which are …

Omnipolarity applied to equi-spaced electrode array for ventricular tachycardia substrate map**

A Porta-Sanchez, K Magtibay, S Nayyar… - EP …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Bipolar electrogram (BiEGM)-based substrate maps are heavily influenced by
direction of a wavefront to the map** bipole. In this study, we evaluate high-resolution …

Catheter ablation for the management of atrial fibrillation: current technical perspectives

KL Hong, J Borges, B Glover - Open heart, 2020 - openheart.bmj.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, with a
prevalence that increases alongside the ageing population worldwide. The management of …