Effects of partial left ventriculectomy on left ventricular performance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
Zoran Popovi , MDa,
Milutin Miri , MD, PhDa,
Sini a Gradinac, MDa,
Aleksandar N. Ne kovi , MDa,
Ljiljana Jovovi , MD, PhDa,
Ljiljana Vuk, MDa,
Milovan Boji , MD, PhDa and
Aleksandar D. Popovi , MD, PhD, FESC, FACCa
a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute and Belgrade University Medical School, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

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Figure 1 Relationship between LV volume indexes obtained by single-plane ventriculography (LVCG) and biplane two-dimensional echocardiography (ECHO).
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Figure 2 LV end-systolic frames of a patient before (A) and after PLV (B). Note the change in LV volume and shape.
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Figure 3 Relationship between LV circumferential end-systolic stress (ESScirc) and LVEF before (closed circles) and after PLV (open triangles). The normal limits (±2 SEE, long dashes) for the control patients are shown for this relation. The figure shows that PLV shifts LVEF-end systolic relations in a parallel to control data.
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Figure 4 Relationship between LVSWI and end-diastolic stress before and after PLV. Although there was no improvement in LVSWI, it was performed at significantly lower preload (p = 0.0014), compared to the values before PLV.
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