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Figure 1 Upper panel: Partial volume corrected myocardial blood flow (ml/g/min) in biopsy regions in patients with reversible dysfunction (circles, n = 11) and irreversible dysfunction (squares, n = 12). Mean ± standard deviation is shown for each type of region. *p < 0.05 (two-way repeated measures analysis of variance, test for interaction, i.e., differences (control-dysfunctional myocardium) in the reversibly dysfunctional group versus differences in the irreversibly dysfunctional group). Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the mean difference between dysfunctional and control regions: patients with reversible dysfunction: (–0.20; –0.05 ml/g/min). Patients with irreversible dysfunction: (–0.33; –0.14 ml/g/min). Lower panel: Relative FDG uptake (%) in biopsy regions in patients with reversible dysfunction (circles, n = 11) and irreversible dysfunction (squares, n = 12). Mean ± standard deviation is shown for each type of region. p < 0.001. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the mean difference between dysfunctional and control regions: patients with reversible dysfunction: (–16; 10%). Patients with irreversible dysfunction: (–57; –27%). FDG = ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose.