Open AccessNoninvasive localization of accessory pathways by magnetocardiographic imaging
Author(s) -
Nomura Masahiro,
Nakaya Yutaka,
Saito Ken,
Kishi Fumiko,
Watatsuki Tetsuzo,
Miyoshi Hirokazu,
Nishikado Akiyoshi,
Bando Shigenobu,
Ito Susumu,
Nlshltanl Hiromu,
Wada Masao,
Fujita Satoshi,
Tamura Itsuro
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960170504
Subject(s) - magnetocardiography , medicine , accessory pathway , qrs complex , body surface , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , depolarization , catheter ablation , nuclear magnetic resonance , ablation , radiology , physics , geometry , mathematics
The magnetocardiogram (MCG) is a newly developed method that helps localize a cardiac current source. To test the clinical accuracy of a 7‐channel biomagnetic system in the localization of early ventricular depolarization sites, the MCGs of 14 patients with Wolff‐Parkinson‐White (WPW) syndrome were recorded in a radiofrequency‐shielded room. The locations of early ventricular depolarization sites were classified by standard 12‐lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and body surface iso‐potential mapping. The accessory pathways of 3 patients with WPW syndrome were located in the right free wall and in 11 patients in the left free wall. The three‐dimensional (3‐D) dipole location was computed every 2 ms from the onset of the QRS complex by the least‐square method. These 3‐D dipole locations were projected onto a gated magnetic resonance image in order to visualize the propagation of the calculated ventricular source. The results were compared with those obtained by body surface isopotential mapping, and electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic studies. The location of the deduced current dipole at 20 ms correlated well with the location of the accessory pathway by the body surface mappings in 12 of the 14 patients with WPW syndrome. The MCG is capable of precisely determining the 3‐D location of a current source in a noninvasive manner and may be of potential benefit in the treatment of WPW syndrome by catheter ablation.