Novel Quantitative Analytical Approaches for Rotor Identification and Associated Implications for Mapping

Conclusion: These results motivate further validation using intracardiac electrograms to see if these approaches can map rotors in a clinical setting and whether they apply to more complex arrhythmias including atrial or ventricular fibrillation. Significance: New techniques providing more accurate rotor localization could improve characterization of arrhythmias and, in turn, offer a means to accurately evaluate whether rotor ablation is a viable and effective treatment for chaotic cardiac arrhythmias.
Source: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering - Category: Biomedical Engineering Source Type: research