EP Mapping and Imaging Systems

A live EP case presentation during the 2018 Heart Rhythm meeting.

Boston Scientific's Apama multi-electrode ablation balloon to treat atrial fibrillation. The technology allows different energies to be used for each electrode to prevent damage to the esophagus or other underlying critical structures. 

The updated Rhythmia HDx from Boston Scientific can show lower voltages than on previous-generation mapping systems and uses a 64-electrode basket catheter to create very detailed, high-density electro-maps with as many as 50,000 to 60,000 points.

The Biosense Webster multi-electrode ablation balloon.

The Cardiofocus Heartlight laser ablation balloon system allows direct visualization of the ablation, so it eliminates the need for guidance via the electromapping system and can speed procedure times. 

The FDA recently cleared high-speed Acutus Medical's AcQMap High Resolution image and mapping system and the AcQMap 3-D Imaging and Mapping Catheter.  detects and displays both standard voltage-based and higher resolution dipole density (charge-source) maps. The system combines ultrasound anatomy construction with an ability to map the electrical-conduction of each heartbeat to identify complex arrhythmias across the entire atrial chamber. Following each ablation treatment, the heart can be re-mapped in seconds to continually visualize any changes from the prior mapping.