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Figure 1 Example of Position of the Papillary Muscles

Short-axis view of the left ventricle (LV) at the level of the papillary muscles, with reconstruction of the 6 LV segments. In this patient, the anterior papillary muscle (APM) was located adjacent to the lateral LV segment (green) and the posterior papillary muscle (PPM) was located adjacent to the inferior LV segment (dark blue).