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Figure 3 Relationship between plasma placental growth factor (PlGF) levels on day 3 post-myocardial infarction and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) during the acute phase. Whereas plasma PlGF levels negatively correlated with left ventricular EF at the onset of acute myocardial infarction (A), plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels did not (B). Plasma PlGF levels on day 3 post-myocardial infarction were positively correlated with the changes of left ventricular EF (EF) that occurred between the acute and chronic phases (C); VEGF levels were not (D).