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After the electrophysiological study, pigs were sacrificed and epicardial optical mapping and histological studies of the heterogeneous tissue of the endocardial and epicardial scars were performed. In comparison with control conditions, intrapericardial CDCs reduced the growth of epicardial dense scar and epicardial electrical heterogeneity. The relative differences in conduction velocity and action potential duration between healthy myocardium and heterogeneous tissue were significantly smaller in the CDC-treated group than in the control group. The lower electrical heterogeneity coincides with heterogeneous tissue with less fibrosis, better cardiomyocyte viability, and a greater quantity and better polarity of connexin 43. At the endocardial level, no differences were detected between groups. 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