A research team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and Corify Care has developed a new technology that enables doctors to map all four chambers of the heart in a single heartbeat. The innovation, called Global Volumetric Mapping, was published in Nature Communications Medicine and is described as the first system capable of providing a comprehensive, real-time view of cardiac arrhythmias.
The study involved experts from several institutions, including Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona-University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS-August Pi Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and the Biomedical Research Network Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases (CIBERCV).
Traditional mapping systems require clinicians to analyze each chamber separately and infer data about unseen areas. The new technology by Corify Care changes this approach by allowing visualization not only of the heart’s surface but also its interior walls and septum. This gives physicians a complete picture in one heartbeat and shows how arrhythmias move through different parts of the heart before and during ablation procedures.
The platform can detect arrhythmia pathways that may be missed by conventional tools—especially those located deep within the heart wall or crossing multiple chambers—reducing blind spots for clinicians.
Felipe Atienza, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer at Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital said: "For the first time, we can non-invasively see the heart as it truly behaves: holistically. This has significant implications for workflow, clinical outcomes, and scalability in electrophysiology laboratories."
Jorge Vicente-Puig, PhD, lead author of the study added: "We have overcome the mathematical limitations of the past to deliver a complete 3D physiological image."
The ACORYS system has received CE marking and is under review by the FDA for approval in the United States. Corify Care is working on integrating this technology with catheter navigation platforms to improve workflows further. Ongoing research includes more advanced volumetric analysis techniques that will be presented at an upcoming symposium in Boston.
