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Developing an Iterative Tracking Algorithm to Guide a Catheter Towards Atrial Fibrillation Rotor Sources in Simulated Fibrotic Tissue

Year: 2018

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Locating atrial fibrillation (AF) rotor sources can help target ablation therapy for AF. Our aim was to develop a catheter-tracking algorithm to locate AF rotor sources using a conventional 20-electrode circular catheter. We simulated rotor-driven arrhythmias in homogeneous and fibrotic human atrial tissue and evaluated the algorithm for different initial catheter positions. The algorithm guided and detected a rotor with a success rate of greater than 97.9% independently of the initial position of the catheter with an accuracy of greater than 2.3±1.4 mm.

Source: Computing in cardiology

DOI: 10.22489/cinc.2018.129

Authors: Prasanth Ganesan, Hussein Zilouchian, Elizabeth Cherry, Arkady Pertsov, Behnaz Ghoraani

Institutions: Florida Atlantic University, Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute