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Intraoperative conduction mapping in complex congenital heart surgery.
JTCVS techniques. 2022 April
Objective: Postoperative heart block is a significant problem in congenital heart surgery because of the unpredictability and variability of conduction tissue location in complex congenital heart defects. A novel technique for intraoperative conduction system mapping during complex congenital heart surgery is described.
Methods: Intraoperative conduction system mapping was performed utilizing a high-density multielectrode grid catheter to collect intracardiac electrograms on open, beating hearts during repair of complex congenital heart defects. Electrograms were interpreted by electrophysiologists, and conduction tissue location was communicated in real time to the surgeon. After localizing conduction tissue, the heart was arrested and the repair was completed taking care to avoid injury to the mapped conduction system.
Results: Two patients with complex heterotaxy syndrome underwent intraoperative conduction mapping during biventricular repair. Mapping accurately identified the location of conduction tissue thereby enabling avoidance of conduction system injury during surgery. Notably, conduction was unexpectedly found to be located inferiorly in a patient with L-looped ventricles. Successful biventricular repair was accomplished in both patients without injury to the conduction system.
Conclusions: Intraoperative conduction mapping can effectively localize the conduction system during surgery and enable the surgeon to avoid its injury. This can lower the risk of heart block requiring pacemaker in children undergoing complex congenital heart surgery.
Methods: Intraoperative conduction system mapping was performed utilizing a high-density multielectrode grid catheter to collect intracardiac electrograms on open, beating hearts during repair of complex congenital heart defects. Electrograms were interpreted by electrophysiologists, and conduction tissue location was communicated in real time to the surgeon. After localizing conduction tissue, the heart was arrested and the repair was completed taking care to avoid injury to the mapped conduction system.
Results: Two patients with complex heterotaxy syndrome underwent intraoperative conduction mapping during biventricular repair. Mapping accurately identified the location of conduction tissue thereby enabling avoidance of conduction system injury during surgery. Notably, conduction was unexpectedly found to be located inferiorly in a patient with L-looped ventricles. Successful biventricular repair was accomplished in both patients without injury to the conduction system.
Conclusions: Intraoperative conduction mapping can effectively localize the conduction system during surgery and enable the surgeon to avoid its injury. This can lower the risk of heart block requiring pacemaker in children undergoing complex congenital heart surgery.
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