1. Inflow Valve Regurgitation During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support May Interfere With Reverse Ventricular Remodeling 
Nader Moazami, Michael Argenziano, Takushi Kohomoto, Shahram Yazdani, Eric A Rose, Daniel Burkhoff, Mehmet C Oz 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages (March 1998)
DOI: /S (97)

2. Fig. 1
Experimental setup for determination of end-diastolic pressure–volume relation. A balloon placed inside the left ventricle is inflated at 25-mL increments and pressure is recorded simultaneously. The remnants of the aortic root are cross-clamped. This setup offers an accurate means of controlling preload and afterload in an ex vivo system.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (97) )

3. Fig. 2
End-diastolic pressure–volume relationship determined at time of cardiac transplantation. Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation. (DCM = dilated cardiomyopathy; IR = inflow regurgitation; LVAD = left ventricular assist device; NL = normal.)
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (97) )