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Transcoronary pacing threshold predicts myocardial scar: Novel first‐step towards intraprocedural myocardial functional assessment
Author(s) -
Nakamura Kenta,
Dean Larry S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.27779
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , conventional pci , myocardial infarction
Key Points Transcoronary pacing (TCP) is a novel modality to assess the subtended myocardium during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In a proof‐of‐concept trial of six patients, TCP threshold discriminated scar from normal myocardium in the left anterior descending coronary distribution. Further investigation is needed to determine whether TCP can assess myocardial viability to inform intraprocedural decision making.