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Noncontact Mapping of the Heart: How and When to Use
Author(s) -
TAI CHINGTAI,
CHEN SHIHANN
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01302.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , catheter ablation , radiofrequency ablation , accessory pathway , ablation , beat (acoustics) , heart beat , radiofrequency catheter ablation , biomedical engineering , acoustics , physics
Noncontact Mapping of the Heart. The noncontact mapping system is a new tool for electrophysiologic study and radiofrequency ablation. The mode of operation includes single beat, three‐dimensional, high‐density mapping. Careful analysis of unipolar electrograms and isopotential maps are essential to understand the mechanism of the arrhythmia. Radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by this system is effective in curing patients of their tachycardias.