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Figure 1 Survival in 52 patients treated medically. Patients are subdivided into 34 patients with substantial myocardial viability in dysfunctional segments, defined as contractile reserve during dobutamine echocardiography in 5 myocardial segments, and 18 patients with evidence of minimal or no contractile reserve.
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