1. Ventricular constraint in severe heart failure halts decline in cardiovascular function associated with experimental dilated cardiomyopathy 
Jai S Raman, MMed, FRACS, Melissa J Byrne, BSc, BAppSc (Hons), John M Power, BVSc, PhD, Clif A Alferness, BSEE 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages (July 2003)
DOI: /S (03)

2. Fig 1 Depiction of an Acorn CSD implant.
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3. Fig 2
Mean values for left ventricular ejection fraction throughout the protocol. Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD); open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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4. Fig 3
Submaximal exercise protocol: mean positive ratio of change of ventricular pressure to change in time ([+dP/dtmax] mm Hg/s). Solid boxes = baseline cardiac support device (CSD) implant; open boxes = baseline nil procedure; solid circles = advanced heart failure, CSD implant; open circles = advanced heart failure, nil procedure; dashed vertical line = stop treadmill.
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5. Fig 4
Mean values for left ventricular long axis area (cm2) at each stage of the protocol. Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD) implant protocol; open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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6. Fig 5
Mean mitral regurgitation (scored 0 to 3) throughout the protocol. Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD) implant protocol; open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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7. Fig 6
Mean resting left ventricular end diastolic pressure (mm Hg). Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD) implant protocol; open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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8. Fig 7
Mean cardiac output values (L/min). Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD) implant protocol; open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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9. Fig 8
Submaximal exercise protocol: mean −dP/dtmax (mm Hg/s). Solid boxes = baseline cardiac support device (CSD) implant; open boxes = baseline nil procedure; solid circles = advanced heart failure, CSD implant; open circles = advanced heart failure, nil procedure; dashed vertical line = stop treadmill.
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10. Fig 9
Mean resting left ventricular wall stress (dynes/cm2). Hatched bars = cardiac support device (CSD) implant protocol; open bars = nil implant protocol; arrow = CSD implantation.
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11. Fig 10
Histologic hematoxylin and eosin stained sections taken from the left ventricular freewall in sheep with cardiac support device (CSD) implants of (A) 1 month, (B) 6 month, and (C) 12 month duration. The F denotes the cut edges of the yarn from the Acorn Corcap CSD.
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