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Does electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) correlate with 3D electroanatomic mapping for characterizing arrhythmias in canines in vivo?
Does electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) correlate with 3D electroanatomic mapping for characterizing arrhythmias in canines in vivo?
Electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) shows strong correlation with 3D electroanatomic mapping in canine models, suggesting its potential as a non-invasive method to localize arrhythmia sources.
EWI correlates with mapping in canines; leaves open non-invasive arrhythmia localization in humans.
values from 0.71 to 0.92. The linear correlation between electrical and electromechanical activations and the agreement between the activation maps indicate that the electromechanical activation follows the pattern of propagation of the electrical activation. This suggests that EWI may be used as a novel non-invasive method to accurately characterize and localize sources of arrhythmias.
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