ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020
Insights Into the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Complexity of Ventricular Fibrillation by Multilead Analysis of Body Surface Potential Maps.
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- Mechanistic interpretations of sustained ventricular fibrillation: The role of mapping methodology, model and time.Heart international · 2026Review
- In vivo mapping of human polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Article
- Purkinje network and myocardial substrate at the onset of human ventricular fibrillation: implications for catheter ablation.European heart journal · 2022Article
- Body Surface Potential Mapping: Contemporary Applications and Future Perspectives.Hearts (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundVentricular fibrillation (VF) is the main cause of sudden cardiac death, but its mechanisms are still unclear. We propose a noninvasive approach to describe the progression of VF complexity from body surface potential maps (BSPMs).
methodsWe mapped 252 VF episodes (16 ± 10 s) with a 252-electrode vest in 110 patients (89 male, 47 ± 18 years): 50 terminated spontaneously, otherwise by electrical cardioversion (DCC). Changes in complexity were assessed between the onset ("VF start") and the end ("VF end") of VF by the nondipolar component index (
resultsAll BSPM markers measure an increase in electrical complexity during VF (
conclusionMultilead BSPM analysis underlines distinct degrees of VF complexity based on substrate characteristics.
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