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Figure 7 Relationships between left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees), collagen content in infarct region, and infarct transmurality. The Ees correlated with infarct collagen content (data pooled for all groups; [A] y = 20.82x + 284.87, r = 0.42, p < 0.05) and negatively correlated with infarct transmurality [B] y = –22.3x + 3,167.5, r = –0.36, p < 0.05). Abbreviations as in Figure 1.