AUTHOR=Gimelli Alessia , Ernst Sabine , Liga Riccardo 

TITLE=Multi-Modality Imaging for the Identification of Arrhythmogenic Substrates Prior to Electrophysiology Studies

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.640087

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2021.640087

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=Non-invasive cardiac imaging is crucial for the characterization of patients candidate to cardiac ablations, both for procedure planning and long-term management. Multimodality cardiac imaging can provide not only anatomical parameters but, even more importantly, functional information that may allow a better risk stratification of cardiac patients. Moreover, fusion of anatomical and functional data derived from non-invasive cardiac imaging with the results of endo-cavitary mapping may possibly allow a better identification of the ablation substrate, also avoiding peri-procedural complications. As a result, imaging-guided electrophysiological procedures are associated with an improved outcome than traditional ablation procedures, with a consistently lower recurrence rate.