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Figure 5 End-systolic stop frame images and proximal flow-convergence region at rest and during exercise in a patient with chronic inferior myocardial infarction and mitral regurgitation. Contractile reserve of the basal inferior wall is recruited during exercise and is associated with a reduction of the proximal isovelocity surface area radius and a decrease in effective regurgitant orifice.
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