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. 1999 Feb;81(2):111–113. doi: 10.1136/hrt.81.2.111

Normal long axis function

M HENEIN 1, D GIBSON 1
PMCID: PMC1728926  PMID: 9922343

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Figure 1  .

Figure 1  

Diagram showing dissection in a normal left ventricular myocardium with the longitudinal fibres running between the apex and mitral ring and occupying the subendocardial and subepicardial layers.

Figure 2  .

Figure 2  

Normal long axis M mode of the left site of the left ventricular free wall with a superimposed ECG and phonocardiogram. Vertical line represents A2, aortic valve closure sound.


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