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Interatrial conduction can be accurately determined using standard 12-lead electrocardiography: validation of P-wave morphology using electroanatomic mapping in man.

Holmqvist, Fredrik LU ; Husser, Daniela ; Tapanainen, Jari M ; Carlson, Jonas LU orcid ; Jurkko, Raija ; Xia, Yunlong LU ; Havmöller, Rasmus LU ; Kongstad Rasmussen, Ole LU ; Toivonen, Lauri and Olsson, Bertil LU , et al. (2008) In Heart Rhythm 5(3). p.413-418
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Different P-wave morphologies during sinus rhythm as displayed on standard ECGs have been postulated to correspond to differences in interatrial conduction. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis by comparing P-wave morphologies using left atrial activation maps. METHODS: Twenty-eight patients (mean age 49 +/- 9 years) admitted for ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were studied. Electroanatomic mapping of left atrial activation was performed at baseline during sinus rhythm with simultaneous recording of standard 12-lead ECG. Unfiltered signal-averaged P waves were analyzed to determine orthogonal P-wave morphology. The morphology was subsequently classified into one of three predefined... (More)
BACKGROUND: Different P-wave morphologies during sinus rhythm as displayed on standard ECGs have been postulated to correspond to differences in interatrial conduction. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis by comparing P-wave morphologies using left atrial activation maps. METHODS: Twenty-eight patients (mean age 49 +/- 9 years) admitted for ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were studied. Electroanatomic mapping of left atrial activation was performed at baseline during sinus rhythm with simultaneous recording of standard 12-lead ECG. Unfiltered signal-averaged P waves were analyzed to determine orthogonal P-wave morphology. The morphology was subsequently classified into one of three predefined types. All analyses were blinded. RESULTS: The primary left atrial breakthrough site was the fossa ovalis in 8 patients, Bachmann bundle in 18, and coronary sinus in 2. Type 1 P-wave morphology was observed in 9 patients, type 2 in 17, and type 3 in 2. Seven of eight patients with fossa ovalis breakthrough had type 1 P-wave morphology, 16 of 18 patients with Bachmann bundle breakthrough had type 2 morphology, and both patients with coronary sinus breakthrough had type 3 P-wave morphology. Overall, P-wave morphology criteria correctly identified the site of left atrial breakthrough in 25 (89%) of 28 patients. CONCLUSION: In the vast majority of patients, P-wave morphology derived from standard 12-lead ECG can be used to correctly identify the left atrial breakthrough site and the corresponding route of interatrial conduction. (Less)
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Computers, Conduction, Electrocardiography, Mapping, Atrium
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Heart Rhythm
volume
5
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3
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413 - 418
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Elsevier
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  • pmid:18313600
  • wos:000253961900015
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1547-5271
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10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.12.017
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English
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  abstract     = {{BACKGROUND: Different P-wave morphologies during sinus rhythm as displayed on standard ECGs have been postulated to correspond to differences in interatrial conduction. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis by comparing P-wave morphologies using left atrial activation maps. METHODS: Twenty-eight patients (mean age 49 +/- 9 years) admitted for ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation were studied. Electroanatomic mapping of left atrial activation was performed at baseline during sinus rhythm with simultaneous recording of standard 12-lead ECG. Unfiltered signal-averaged P waves were analyzed to determine orthogonal P-wave morphology. The morphology was subsequently classified into one of three predefined types. All analyses were blinded. RESULTS: The primary left atrial breakthrough site was the fossa ovalis in 8 patients, Bachmann bundle in 18, and coronary sinus in 2. Type 1 P-wave morphology was observed in 9 patients, type 2 in 17, and type 3 in 2. Seven of eight patients with fossa ovalis breakthrough had type 1 P-wave morphology, 16 of 18 patients with Bachmann bundle breakthrough had type 2 morphology, and both patients with coronary sinus breakthrough had type 3 P-wave morphology. Overall, P-wave morphology criteria correctly identified the site of left atrial breakthrough in 25 (89%) of 28 patients. CONCLUSION: In the vast majority of patients, P-wave morphology derived from standard 12-lead ECG can be used to correctly identify the left atrial breakthrough site and the corresponding route of interatrial conduction.}},
  author       = {{Holmqvist, Fredrik and Husser, Daniela and Tapanainen, Jari M and Carlson, Jonas and Jurkko, Raija and Xia, Yunlong and Havmöller, Rasmus and Kongstad Rasmussen, Ole and Toivonen, Lauri and Olsson, Bertil and Platonov, Pyotr}},
  issn         = {{1547-5271}},
  keywords     = {{Computers; Conduction; Electrocardiography; Mapping; Atrium}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{413--418}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Heart Rhythm}},
  title        = {{Interatrial conduction can be accurately determined using standard 12-lead electrocardiography: validation of P-wave morphology using electroanatomic mapping in man.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2885297/1148165.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.12.017}},
  volume       = {{5}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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