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Left ventricular electromechanical mapping: a case study of functional assessment in coronary intervention
E C Perin1, G V Silva, R Sarmento-Leite
1Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
Texas Heart Institute Journal
|November 28, 2000
Abstract:
Electromechanical mapping is a new diagnostic tool that can be used to identify viable myocardium. In the case reported here, the technique was used before intervention to map areas of viable myocardium; post-intervention mapping showed improved mechanical function of the revascularized areas. Electromechanical mapping offers the potential of assessing left ventricular function in the cardiac catheterization laboratory before and after interventional procedures.