Table 1.
Correlation coefficients (r) between electrical impedance and percentage of infarct fibrosis in 59 tissue samples from six pigs.
Excitation frequency (kHz) | r | P | |
---|---|---|---|
Myocardial resistivity | 1 | −0.86 | <0.001 |
41 | −0.85 | <0.001 | |
307 | −0.82 | <0.001 | |
1000 | −0.76 | <0.001 | |
Phase angle | 1 | 0.19 | = 0.15 |
41 | 0.84 | <0.001 | |
307 | 0.83 | <0.001 | |
1000 | 0.67 | <0.001 |