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Figure 2 (Upper panel) Mean voltage and local linear shortening values of the injected area at baseline and at the three-month follow-up. No changes were observed in voltage values. Significantly better local linear shortening (LLS) in the injected area in the vascular endothelial growh factor group (filled bars) versus the placebo group (empty bars) at the three-month follow-up was noted. Values are given as mean ± SEM. (Bottom panel) NOGA mapping from a 56-year-old patient with chronic occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. The patient received intramyocardial injection of plasmid encoding vascular endothelial growh factor-A165. Baseline registrations with injection points are shown in the small figure in the upper left corner of the NOGA map. The larger figures show three-month follow-up registrations. No change was observed in the voltage map, whereas improved local linear shortening was observed in the injection area.
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