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Several electrophysiological phenomena have long been recognised to be helpful in the localisation of arrhythmogenic substrates. In the context of ventricular tachycardia, local abnormalities observed during sinus rhythm (sinus rhythm mapping), comparison of QRS morphology during tachycardia and during pacing in sinus rhythm (pace mapping), comparison of local activation time during tachycardia at different sites (activation mapping) and observations made during resetting and transient entrainment of tachycardias (entrainment mapping) are considered the most useful tools to localise the arrhythmogenic substrates.
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Almendral, J. et al. (1998). Value of Different Mapping Strategies for Ventricular Tachycardia: Sinus Rhythm and Pace Mapping, Activation and Entrainment Mapping. In: Vardas, P.E. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing & Electrophysiology. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 201. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5254-9_16
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