The SARD variety of multi-fractality of ventricular epicardial mapping during ischemia
The SARD variety of multifractality of ventricular epicardial mapping during ischemia

We have analyzed cardiac ische- mia-reperfusion in an animal model using epicardial electropotential mapping. We investigated the rela- tionship between ischemia and variability of multi- fractality in epicardial electrograms. We present a new parameter called the singularity spectrum area reference dispersion (SARD) that clearly demon- strates the change in multifractility with the extent of myocardiaischemia. By contrasting the 3D ventricular epicardial SARD map with the activation map, we conclude that myocardial ischemia significantly in- fluences the variety of multifractality of ventricular epicardium electrograms and the SARD parameter is useful in correlating multifractality of epicardial elec- trograms with location of ischemia closely.