Abstract #3483

Conductivity Imaging of an Ischemic Pig Heart Model Using Electric Properties Tomography

Tobias Voigt¹, Andreas Schuster², Masaki Ishida², Christian Stehning³, Ulrich Katscher³, Amedeo Chiribiri², Eike Nagel², Tobias Schaeffter²

¹Philips Research, London, United Kingdom; ²Kings College London, London, United Kingdom; ³Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany

In this work we present the application of EPT conductivity mapping in two isolated perfused pig hearts. Conductivity values of normally perfused heart tissue were compared to values in ischemic regions after a blockade of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). It could be shown that ischemic ventricular tissue is less conductive than healthy myocardium.