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Review
. 2011 Mar;4(2):224-33.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.959684.

Reverse remodeling with left ventricular assist devices: a review of clinical, cellular, and molecular effects

Amrut V Ambardekar  1 , Peter M Buttrick
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Review

Reverse remodeling with left ventricular assist devices: a review of clinical, cellular, and molecular effects

Amrut V Ambardekar et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Mar.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Transthoracic apical echocardiographic image obtained in end-diastole from a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy that demonstrates severe left ventricular dilation. (b) Follow up image obtained in end-diastole from the same patient after placement of a continuous axial flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) demonstrates mechanical unloading with normalization of left ventricular dimensions. The LVAD inflow cannula (*) is visible in the left ventricular apex. LV=left ventricle, LA=left atrium, RV=right ventricle, Ao=aorta.
Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Transthoracic apical echocardiographic image obtained in end-diastole from a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy that demonstrates severe left ventricular dilation. (b) Follow up image obtained in end-diastole from the same patient after placement of a continuous axial flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) demonstrates mechanical unloading with normalization of left ventricular dimensions. The LVAD inflow cannula (*) is visible in the left ventricular apex. LV=left ventricle, LA=left atrium, RV=right ventricle, Ao=aorta.
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