title: Left ventricular electromechanical mapping: a case study of functional assessment in coronary intervention.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Perin
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarmento-Leite
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left