{"title":"Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing With or Without Conduction System Capture in Heart Failure Models","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Left bundle branch area pacing includes left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) and left ventricular septal pacing (LVSP), which is effective in patients with dyssynchronous heart failure (DHF). However, the basic mechanisms are unknown.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study aimed to compare LBBP with LVSP and explore potential mechanisms underlying the better clinical outcomes of LBBP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div><span>A total of 24 beagles<span> were assigned to the following groups: 1) control group; 2) DHF group, left bundle branch ablation followed by 6 weeks of AOO pacing at 200 ppm; 3) LBBP group, DHF for 3 weeks followed by 3 weeks of DOO pacing at 200 ppm; and 4) LVSP with the same interventions in the LBBP group. Metrics of electrocardiogram, echocardiography, </span></span>hemodynamics, and expression of left ventricular proteins were evaluated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Compared with LVSP, LBBP had better peak strain dispersion (44.67 ± 1.75 ms vs 55.50 ± 4.85 ms; <em>P <</em> 0.001) and hemodynamic effect (dP/dtmax improvement: 27.16% ± 7.79% vs 11.37% ± 4.73%; <em>P <</em> 0.001), whereas no significant differences in cardiac function were shown. The altered expressions of proteins in the lateral wall vs septum in the DHF group were partially reversed by LBBP and LVSP, which was associated with the contraction and adhesion process, separately.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The animal study demonstrated that LBBP offered better mechanical synchrony and improved hemodynamics than LVSP, which might be explained by the reversed expression of contraction proteins. These results supported the potential superiority of left bundle branch area pacing with the capture of the conduction system in DHF model.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141544830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Intraoperative Leadless Pacemaker Implantation During Valve Surgery","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Intraoperative implantation of leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCPs) under direct visualization during cardiac surgery is a novel strategy to provide pacing to patients with an elevated risk of postoperative conduction disorders or with a preexisting pacing indication undergoing valve surgery.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study sought to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of intraoperative LCP implantation in 100 consecutive patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Retrospective single-center cohort study of consecutive patients (n = 100) who underwent intraoperative LCP implantation during valve surgery. Safety and efficacy were assessed at implantation and follow-up visits.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 100 patients (age 68 ± 13 years, 47% female) underwent intraoperative LCP implantation. The surgery involved the tricuspid valve in 99 patients (99%), including tricuspid valve repair in 59 (59%) and tricuspid valve replacement in 40 (40%). Most of the patients (78%) underwent multivalve surgery. The indication for LCP implantation was elevated risk of postoperative atrioventricular block in 54% and preexisting bradyarrhythmias in 46%. LCP implantation was successful in all patients. During a median of 10.6 months (IQR: 2.0-22.7 months) of follow-up, no device-related complications occurred. At 12-month follow-up, the pacing thresholds were acceptable (≤2.0 V at 0.24 milliseconds) in 95% of patients.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Intraoperative LCP implantation under direct visualization is a safe strategy to provide permanent pacing in patients undergoing valve surgery, with a postoperative electrical performance comparable to percutaneously placed LCPs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coronary Vasospasm During Pulse-Field Focal Ablation of the Cavotricuspid Isthmus Observed With Intravascular Ultrasound","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142107443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outcomes of Pacemaker Implantation During Pregnancy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standard Defibrillator Leads for Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.07.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.07.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The authors report for the first time to their knowledge, implantation of a standard implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead for permanent delivery of left bundle branch area pacing. Implantation was successful and safe in 11 of 12 patients, with adequate defibrillation testing, good electrical and electrocardiographic parameters, and uneventful device-related short-term follow-up.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rate-Dependent Pacemap Matching in Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The impact of varying rates of pacemapping (PM) rates on QRS morphology and PM score matching in patients with scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) has not been systematically assessed.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>In this study, the authors sought to assess the variability in PM score matching at different pacing rates.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>During substrate mapping for VT ablation, PM was performed at cycle lengths (CLs) of 600 ms, 500 ms, 400 ms, 300 ms, and VT CL. PM scores were compared for the entire QRS, the first half (H1) of QRS, and the second half (H2) of QRS to examine the influence of the preceding T-wave superimposed into the onset of paced QRS complex (TR fusion).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 269 PMs in 40 patients undergoing scar-related VT ablation were systematically analyzed. The PM score improved at rates closer to VT with a median difference of 6% (Q1-Q3: 4%-10%; range: 0%-33%) between the lowest and the highest PM scores at a given site. Greater slurring of the QRS onset was observed at faster-paced CL, corresponding to a superimposition of the preceding T-wave into QRS onset, with significant differences in H1 but not H2 of the QRS complex. At faster PM rates, 32% of overall sites developed pseudo delta wave and 69% of endocardial pacing sites fulfilled epicardial criteria.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The rate of pacemapping can significantly alter morphologic score matching, with the most optimal match observed closest to VT CL. The onset of QRS complex morphology is influenced by superimposition of the preceding T-wave at faster rates, resulting in an underrecognized TR fusion phenomenon that may confound epicardial electrocardiographic criteria predicated upon the initial QRS slope and vector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142262302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights Into Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing: Important Lessons Learned.","authors":"Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Pranav Mankad","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.09.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2024.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142465616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Very Late Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence After Initial Successful AF Ablation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful Implantation of Defibrillator Leads for Left Bundle Branch Pacing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.08.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.08.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Threshold and Interpatient Variability in Left Atrial Ablation Scar Assessment by Dark-Blood LGE CMR","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.05.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jacep.2024.05.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has better correlation with bipolar voltage (BiV) to define ablation scar in the left atrium (LA) compared to conventional bright-blood LGE CMR.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study sought to determine the optimal signal intensity threshold of dark-blood LGE CMR to identify LA ablation scar.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In 54 patients scheduled for atrial fibrillation ablation, image intensity ratios (IIRs) were derived from preprocedural dark-blood LGE CMR. In 26 patients without previous ablation, the upper limit of normal was derived from the 95th and 98th percentiles of pooled IIR values. In 28 patients with previous atrial fibrillation ablation, BiV was compared with the corresponding IIR. Receiver-operating characteristics analyses were employed to determine the optimal IIR threshold (ie, the point with the smallest distance to the upper left corner of the receiver-operating characteristics) for LA ablation scar (BiV ≤0.15 mV).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Upper limit of normal corresponded to IIR values 1.16 and 1.21, yielding low sensitivities of 0.32 and 0.09 to detect LA ablation scar. Receiver-operating characteristics analysis of IIR and BiV comparison achieved a median area under the curve of 0.77. Median optimal IIR threshold for LA ablation scar was 1.09, with an average sensitivity of 0.73, specificity of 0.75, and accuracy of 0.71. Median IIR thresholds of 1.00 and 1.10 corresponded to 80% sensitivity and 80% specificity, respectively. There was considerable interpatient variability: optimal IIR thresholds per patient ranged from 1.01 to 1.22.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The optimal IIR threshold to identify LA ablation scar by dark-blood LGE CMR is 1.09. Because of interpatient variability, the investigators recommend using a lower (1.00) and upper (1.10) threshold to prevent over- or underestimation of ablation scar.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14573,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Clinical electrophysiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}