Use of electrogram characteristics during sinus rhythm to delineate the endocardial scar in a porcine model of healed myocardial infarction.

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Published in J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol on May 01, 2003

Authors

David Wrobleski1, Christopher Houghtaling, Mark E Josephson, Jeremy N Ruskin, Vivek Y Reddy

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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