期刊
HEART RHYTHM
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 150-157出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.09.071
关键词
Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Radiofrequency; Imaging; hotoacoustic; Tissue characterization
资金
- National Institutes of Health [NIH-EB007507]
- Biosense Webster
- Hansen Medical
- Medtronic
- Biotronik
- St. Jude Medical
- Boston Scientific Corp.
BACKGROUND Radiofrequency (RE) ablation to treat atrial arrhythmia is limited by the inability to reliably assess lesion durability and transmurality. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of photoacoustic characterization of myocardial ablation lesions in vitro. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of combined ultrasound (US) and spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging to visualize RE ablation lesions in three dimensions (3D) based on unique differences in the optical absorption spectra between normal and ablated myocardial tissue. METHODS Tissue samples were excised from the ventricles of fresh porcine hearts. Lesions were generated using an RE catheter ablation system using 20 to 30 W of power applied for 40 to 60 seconds. Ablated samples were imaged in the near-infrared regime (740-780 nm) using a combined PA/US imaging system. Measured PA spectra were correlated to the absorption spectra of deoxyhemoglobin and ablated tissue to produce a tissue characterization map (TCM) identifying 3D lesion location and extent. Tissue samples were stained and photographed for gross pathology. TCM and gross pathology images were coregistered to assess TCM accuracy. RESULTS TCM reliably characterized ablated and non-ablated tissue up to depths of 3 mm. TCM also assessed lesion position and extent with submillimeter accuracy in multiple dimensions. Segmented TCMs achieved >69% agreement with gross pathology. CONCLUSION The study results suggest that spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging has the potential to accurately assess RE ablation Lesion size and position with submillimeter precision and may be well suited to guide transcatheter RE atrial ablation in clinical practice.
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