Late Fields of the Magnetocardiographic QRS Complex as Indicators of Propensity to Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia after Myocardial Infarction

MCG Late Fields and Propensity to VT. Introduction: Magnetocardiographic (MCG) mapping is a new method to record cardiac signals. This study examined the association of MCG late fields with the propensity to sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction (MI).

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