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The Role of Approximate Entropy in Predicting Ventricular Defibrillation Threshold

Toshihiko Ohara, MD

Young-Hoon Kim, MD

Moon-Hyoung Lee, MD

Olga Voroshilovski, BS

Shien-Fong Lin, PhD

James N. Weiss, MD

Peng-Sheng Chen, MD

Division of Cardiology, Departments of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Departments of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Davis Research Bldg. Room 6066, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90048

Background: The role of myocardial tissue mass on ventricular defibrillation threshold (DFT) is unclear. We hypothesized that changes in tissue mass modulate DFT by changing ventricular fibrillation (VF) wavefront regularity (entropy).

Methods and Results: The right ventricles (RV) of seven farm pigs were isolated, superfused and perfused through the right coronary artery with oxygenated Tyrode's solution at 37 The epicardial surface was stained with the voltage sensitive dye, di-4-ANEPPS, and activation wavefront numbers (AWN) during VF were determined from the optical maps using a CCD camera (96 x 96 pixels over a 3.5 x 3.5 cm area). The RV mass was progressively reduced by sequential cutting of 1 to 2 g of tissue (approximately 12 cuts in total) distal to the perfusion site. After each cut, VF was reinduced, optical maps obtained, and the 50% probability of successful DFT₅₀ determined using an up-down algorithm. After each cut, the approximate entropy (ApEn) was also computed using 5 seconds of VF data obtained with a bipolar electrode and a pseudo-electrocardiogram. Tissue mass reduction of up to one third of the RV mass (ie, from 48.4 ± 4.25 g to 34 ± 4.7 g) caused little or no change in the DFT, ApEn or AWN. However, further progressive reduction of the RV mass near the critical mass of VF resulted in a significant (P < 0.05) progressive decrease in all three measured parameters. DFT energy was reduced by 27% (1.47 ± 0.34 J vs. 1.02 ± 0.14 J). There was a significant (P < 0.01) correlation between the DFT and ApEn, which significantly further increased (P < 0.001) near the critical mass. In a separate series of 6 isolated RVs, the ApEn correlated well with the Kolmogorov-Sinai (K-S) entropy, the standard method of calculating entropy.

Conclusion: Tissue mass reduction significantly reduces DFT when the mass reduction increases VF wavefront regularity.

Key Words: ventricular fibrillation • defibrillation threshold • approximate entropy • mapping • electrical stimulation

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Vol. 7, No. 1, 45-52 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/107424840200700i107


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