Transcoronary pacing to assess myocardial viability prior to percutaneous coronary intervention: Pilot study to assess feasibility.
James O NeillAndrew J HogarthIan PearsonHannah LawRobert BowesAnanth KidambiStephen WheatcroftU Mohanaraj SivananthanMuzahir H TayebjeePublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)
Impedance and pacing threshold, measured during TCP, can be used to differentiate between normal myocardium and scarred myocardium. Further research is needed to determine whether TCP can discriminate between viable and nonviable myocardium.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left ventricular
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging