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Figure 2 Experiment Design and Photographs Showing Enlargement of LV and Implantation of the Elastic Ring
The dacron waves are parallel to long axis of the LV chamber, allowing the expansion of the patch during cardiac cycle. The elastic ring was surgically implanted at the inner surface of the LV equator. LV = left ventricle.
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