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Figure 3 Correlations between macroscopic signs of post-infarction left ventricular (LV) remodeling and apoptotic rate (AR) at the site of acute myocardial infarction and in remote unaffected LV regions. Correlation between AR at the site of infarction and LV longitudinal (A) and transverse (B) diameter, free wall thickness (C), transverse diameter-to-free wall thickness (D), and cardiac weight (E). Correlation between AR in remote regions and the same LV macroscopic parameters (F to L), respectively. Black and white dots represent subjects with (filled squares) and without (empty squares) early symptomatic post-infarction heart failure, respectively.