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. 2004 Feb;90(2):200–207. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.011650

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Continuous recording of left ventricular pressure, one force of the unloading type and one auxotonic force in the left ventricular wall, and left ventricular outer diameter during the withdrawal of 2 litres of blood within 15 minutes. Note the typical shapes of the unloading and auxotonic types of tensile forces. Note also that the auxotonic force increases while the ventricular diameter decreases.