Extracting Surface Activation Time from the Optically Recorded Action Potential in Three-dimensional Myocardium

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2012 Jan 10

PMID 22225795

Citations 14

Authors

Richard D Walton

Rebecca M Smith

Bogdan G Mitrea

Edward White

Olivier Bernus

Arkady M Pertsov

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Abstract

Optical mapping has become an indispensible tool for studying cardiac electrical activity. However, due to the three-dimensional nature of the optical signal, the optical upstroke is significantly longer than the electrical upstroke. This raises the issue of how to accurately determine the activation time on the epicardial surface. The purpose of this study was to establish a link between the optical upstroke and exact surface activation time using computer simulations, with subsequent validation by a combination of microelectrode recordings and optical mapping experiments. To simulate wave propagation and associated optical signals, we used a hybrid electro-optical model. We found that the time of the surface electrical activation (t(E)) within the accuracy of our simulations coincided with the maximal slope of the optical upstroke (t(F)*) for a broad range of optical attenuation lengths. This was not the case when the activation time was determined at 50% amplitude (t(F50)) of the optical upstroke. The validation experiments were conducted in isolated Langendorff-perfused rat hearts and coronary-perfused pig left ventricles stained with either di-4-ANEPPS or the near-infrared dye di-4-ANBDQBS. We found that t(F)* was a more accurate measure of t(E) than was t(F50) in all experimental settings tested (P = 0.0002). Using t(F)* instead of t(F50) produced the most significant improvement in measurements of the conduction anisotropy and the transmural conduction time in pig ventricles.

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