Right ventricular outflow tract low-voltage areas identify the site of origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias: A high-density mapping study.

Electronatomical mapping allows direct and accurate visualization of myocardial abnormalities. This study investigated whether high-density endocardial bipolar voltage mapping of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) during sinus rhythm may guide catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Forty-four patients (18 males, mean age: 38.1 ± 13.8 years) with idiopathic RVOT VAs and negative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging underwent a stepwise mapping approach for the identification of the site of origin (SOO). High-density electronatomical mapping (1096.6 ± 322.3 points) was performed during sinus rhythm and identified at least two low bipolar voltage areas less than 1 mV (mean amplitude of 0.20 ± 0.10 mV) in 39 of 44 patients. The mean low-voltage surface area was 1.4 ± 0.8 cm Small but detectable very low-voltage areas during mapping in sinus rhythm characterize the arrhythmogenic substrate of idiopathic RVOT VAs and may guide successful catheter ablation.

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