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. 2009 Aug 30;30(24):3027–3036. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp341

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Typical pressure volume loops during transient preload reduction by vena cava occlusion balloon. Left: 49-year-old female with normal left ventricular function (control). Right: 64-year-old female patient with HFNEF. The red line indicates the end-diastolic pressure–volume relation. The pressure–volume relation was shifted upwards and to the left in the HFNEF patient.