The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
Value and limitations of electromechanical endocardial mapping in the assessment of global and regional left ventricular function and transmural extent of infarction: a comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance
EuroIntervention 2010;6:616-622.
Pieter A. van der Vleuten1*§, MD, PhD; Robin Nijveldt2,3§, MD, PhD; Eng-Shiong Tan1, MD, PhD; René A. Tio1, MD, PhD; Albert C. van Rossum2,3, MD, PhD; Felix Zijlstra1, MD, PhD, FESC
1. Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands; 2. Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands; 3. Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Aims: To determine the relation between electromechanical endocardial mapping (EEM) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) derived functional and viability parameters in patients with a large