Patient-Controlled Conditioning for Left Ventricular Assist Device–Induced Myocardial Recovery Aaron H. Healy, MD, Antigoni Koliopoulou, MD, Stavros G. Drakos, MD, PhD, Stephen H. McKellar, MD, MS, Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH, Craig H. Selzman, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 5, Pages 1794-1796 (May 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.058 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Parasternal long-axis echocardiographic view during the preoperative evaluation demonstrates left ventricular internal dimension at diastole (LVIDd) of 6.7 cm. (AoR = aortic root; EDV = end-diastolic volume; LVPWd = left ventricular posterior wall dimension; IVSd = interventricular septal thickness at diastole; IVS/LVPW = ratio of thickness of interventricular septum and left ventricular posterior wall.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1794-1796DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.058) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Parasternal long-axis echocardiographic view during the pump-off evaluation demonstrates left ventricular internal dimension at diastole (LVIDd) of 4.8 cm. (EDV = end-diastolic volume; IVSd = interventricular septal thickness at diastole; IVS/LVPW = ratio of thickness of interventricular septum and left ventricular posterior wall; LVPWd = left ventricular posterior wall dimension.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 1794-1796DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.058) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions