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Fig. 7 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Fig. 7

From: Longitudinal shortening remains the principal component of left ventricular pumping in patients with chronic myocardial infarction even when the absolute atrioventricular plane displacement is decreased

Fig. 7

An example of a patient who has developed a very large apical aneurysm secondary to a myocardial infarction within the LAD territory. The upper row is in end diastole while the lower row is in end systole. In this case most of the stroke volume is generated by longitudinal AVPD (≈ 90%) of the viable myocardium at the base of the LV

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