Determinants of atrial bipolar voltage: Inter electrode distance and wavefront angle

Determinants of atrial bipolar voltage: Inter electrode distance and wavefront angle.

Mohammadali Beheshti (1) , Karl Magtibay (1) , Stéphane Massé (1) , Andreu Porta-Sanchez (2) , Shouvik Haldar (3) , Abhishek Bhaskaran (1) , Sachin Nayyar (1) , Benedict Glover (4) , D Curtis Deno (5) , Edward Vigmond (6) , Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar (1)

1 University Health Network [Toronto, ON, Canada]
2 CNIC - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III [Madrid, Spain]
3 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
4 Queen's University [Kingston, Canada]
5 Abbott
6 CARMEN - Modélisation et calculs pour l'électrophysiologie cardiaque

Local bipolar electrogram (EGM) peak-to-peak voltage (Vpp) is currently used to characterise mapped myocardial substrate. However, how interelectrode distance and angle of wavefront incidence affect bipolar, Vpp values, in the current era of multi-electrode mapping is unknown.

Mots clés: Bipolar electrogram voltage; Cardiac mapping; Cardiac modelling; Cardiac scar

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire

Mohammadali Beheshti, Karl Magtibay, Stéphane Massé, Andreu Porta-Sanchez, Shouvik Haldar, et al.. Determinants of atrial bipolar voltage: Inter electrode distance and wavefront angle. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2018, 102, pp.449-457. ⟨10.1016/j.compbiomed.2018.07.011⟩. ⟨hal-02885633⟩