Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11794-8181 Department of Surgery, U. Massachusetts at Worchester, MA 01655 %eparhnent of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook, NY 11794-2300 3Abstract-Determination of mechanical effeets of pacing in the intact heart with high spatial resolution is necessary to M y assess the regional consequences of pacing. Herein we ntllize an advanced phase correlation technique to track ventricular surface markers on the intact porcine heart in order to assess the functionality of the regional tissue. Pacing at 150 heats per minute reduces the regional stroke work siguilicantly and produces an increasing functional pattern distal to the stimulator.