ArticleJACC. Clinical electrophysiology2022
Omnipolar Versus Bipolar Electrode Mapping in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation.
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- Atrial fibrosis in atrial fibrillation: Mechanisms, mapping techniques and clinical applications.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Impact of Catheter Configuration on the Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2026Article
- Utility of omnipolar mapping-guided cavotricuspid isthmus block.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- High-density evaluation of the arrhythmogenic substrate in persistent atrial fibrillation.Heart rhythm O2 · 2025Article
- Enhanced Precision in the Convergent Procedure for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using Real-Time Intraoperative 3D Electrophysiological Mapping.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- The signal quality of tripolar Laplacian electrogram compared to bipolar electrogram in cardiac electrophysiology.Journal of arrhythmia · 2025Article
- Novel omnipolar mapping technology for effective superior vena cava isolation: A randomized clinical trial.Journal of arrhythmia · 2025Article
- Targeting pulmonary vein myocardial sleeves with omnipolar mapping can reduce radiofrequency applications and procedure time: a proof-of-concept study.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025Article
- Comparative utility of omnipolar and bipolar electroanatomic mapping methods to detect and localize dual nodal substrate in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2024Article
- Advanced Electroanatomic Mapping: Current and Emerging Approaches.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- A Review of Personalised Cardiac Computational Modelling Using Electroanatomical Mapping Data.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundPeak-to-peak bipolar voltage varies with electrode orientation, fractionation, and collision events. Novel, omnipolar mapping is less dependent on electrode orientation but has limited data in humans.
objectivesThis study sought to compare bipolar peak-to-peak voltage with omnipolar maximum voltage (V
methodsBaseline voltage maps were generated with bipolar and omnipolar mapping in 20 patients undergoing de novo catheter ablation for PerAF or PAF and 9 patients with known scar from prior cardiac surgery, to validate voltage-based scar approximations. Low voltage was defined as <0.5 mV and scar <0.1 mV. Mean voltage was compared with unpaired t testing. Percent low voltage and scar were compared with chi-square testing. A point-to-point comparison was performed with Bland-Altman analysis.
resultsThe mean age was 62.2 ± 9.9 years, 34% were women, and 41% had heart failure. Omnipolar mapping identified significantly higher mean voltage than bipolar mapping and classified less points as low voltage (PerAF: 32.90% vs 43.40%; PAF: 19.20% vs 25.60%) and scar (PerAF: 7.72% vs 12.10%; PAF: 4.03% vs 6.07%) (all P < 0.0001). Omnipolar V
conclusionsOmnipolar mapping identifies higher voltage and has greater specificity for the detection of low voltage and scar than conventional bipolar mapping in patients with PerAF or PAF.
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