Abstract
A wide variety of non-invasive and invasive techniques for SCD risk stratification in non ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) have been proposed, including left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, QRS duration, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and invasive electrophysiologic study with or without three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping (3D-EAM), to identify and characterize the arrhythmogenic substrate. There is still no clear consensus on the risk stratification in this clinical setting.The aim of our study is to characterize the 3D-EAM substrate in patients with the same clinical presentation of unexplained complex VAs and NICM using CMR, three-dimensional electranatomic mapping (3D-EAM) in association with endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) and genetic screening, as a more precise and early diagnostic assessment may provide important subsequent prognostic impact. The study was designed as a prospective multi-center observational evaluation and the patient follow-up was scheduled at 6 months interval. We enrolled 125 patients distinct into four different group by complete diagnostic work-up: myocarditis, non-dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and control group. The four groups were compared in terms of clinical, imaging and 3D-EAM data. At multivariate analysis sustained VT/VF on admission [HR: 3.64 (1.79–7.4), p < 0.001], total bipolar scar area of left and right ventricle detected by 3D-EAM [HR: 2.24 (1.13–4.49), p = 0.02], histological diagnosis of myocarditis by 3D-EAM guided endomyocardial biopsy (EBM) [HR: 2.79 (1.04–7.44), p = 0.01] were independent predictors of complex VAs or death at follow-up. 3D-EAM guided EMB represent not only a valid diagnostic tool to identify the arrhythmogenic substrate in patients with NICM and ventricular arrhythmic phenotype but also an important predictor of complex Vas at long term follow-up.
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