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  • Title: Distinguishing Ventricular Arrhythmias Originating from the Posterior Right Ventricular Outflow Tract, or Near the Right Coronary Cusp or Near the His-Bundle.
    Author: Yu M, Liu J, Zhang H, Xia Y, Li X, Fang P.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 2020 Jul 01; 126():37-44. PubMed ID: 32336534.
    Abstract:
    Differentiation of outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias (OT-VAs) which originate from the posterior right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), right coronary cusp (RCC) or near the His-bundle are still a challenge until now. This study was aimed to develop a stepwise electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithm to distinguish their locations. Seventy-five consecutive patients with VAs successfully ablated from the posterior RVOT (n = 57), near the His-bundle (n = 5) or RCC (n = 13) were enrolled in our study. Measurements with highest diagnostic performance were chosen to develop a diagnostic algorithm. Of all these ECG measurements, the R-wave amplitude in lead I and V2S/V3R index showed the best diagnostic performance to discriminate these anatomical sites. The optimal ECG discriminators were different combination of lead I and V2S/V3R index as follows: the posterior RVOT, Lead I R-wave amplitude <0.65 mV and V2S/V3R index>1.5 (96.2% sensitivity, 69.6% specificity); the near the His-bundle, lead I R-wave amplitude ≥0.65 mV and V2S/V3R index>1.5 (100% sensitivity, 70% specificity); RCC, lead I R-wave amplitude<0.65 mV and V2S/V3R index ≤1.5 (52.9% sensitivity, 93.1% specificity). Sequential algorithmic application of these criteria resulted in an overall accuracy of 83% in predicting site of OT-VA origin. A predominantly positive R-wave in lead I is seen in OT-VAs originated near the His-bundle. A stepwise ECG algorithm of combination with R-wave amplitude in lead I and V2S/V3R index could localize the origins of OT-VAs from the posterior RVOT, near the His-bundle and the RCC with a high accuracy.
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