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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular electrophysiology2022

How to use pace mapping for ventricular tachycardia ablation in postinfarct patients.

Charles Guenancia, Gregory Supple, Jean-Marc Sellal, Isabelle Magnin-Poull, Karim Benali, Nefissa Hammache, Mathieu Echivard, Francis Marchlinski, Christian de Chillou

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advancements in mapping, cardiac imaging, and ablation techniques for the management of ventricular tachycardias.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
    Review
  2. Electromechanical wave imaging vs electrocardiographic imaging: a direct comparison of non-invasive ventricular activation mapping modalities.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2026
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  3. Patient selection, ventricular tachycardia substrate delineation, and data transfer for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Charles GuenanciaCardiology Department, University Hospital, Dijon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3554-7714
Gregory SuppleDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrophysiology Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2248-5139
Jean-Marc SellalDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.
Isabelle Magnin-PoullDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.
Karim BenaliDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.
Nefissa HammacheDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2520-3264
Mathieu EchivardDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.
Francis MarchlinskiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Electrophysiology Section, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7962-9423
Christian de ChillouDépartement de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU de Nancy), Vandœuvre lès-Nancy, France.
Inserm · FRHospital of the University of Pennsylvania · USCentre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aim to describe the technical aspects of pace mapping (PM), as well as the two typical patterns of pacing correlation maps during ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation. The first main pattern is focal, with a gradual and eccentric decrease of the QRS correlation from the area with the best PM correlation. This focal pattern may be associated with two clinical situations: (1) with some endocardial points showing a good correlation compared to VT morphology: true endocardial exit of VT or endocardial breakthrough of either an intramural or an epicardial circuit; (2) without any endocardial points showing a good correlation compared to VT morphology: the VT may originate from the other ventricle, but the presence of an intramural or an epicardial circuit should be considered in patients with a structural heart disease. The second pattern is the presence of PM points exhibiting a good correlation close to other PM points showing a poor correlation compared to VT morphology: this abrupt change in paced QRS morphology over a short distance indicates divergence of activation wavefronts between these sites and suggests the presence of a slow conduction channel: the VT isthmus.

Indexed as

Catheter AblationTachycardia, VentricularElectrocardiographyEndocardiumHeart RateHumanscatheter ablationelectro-anatomical mappingischemic cardiomyopathypace mappingventricular tachycardia

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PMID35665562
PMCPMC9543459
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