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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Mar 17;140(1):233–239.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.055

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Effect of enhanced BZ contractility after Dor in Sheep 50 on end systolic elastance, EES, and Starlings law. Results were obtained by re-running the finite element analysis with Tmax, twitch in the BZ equal to that in the remote. LV = left ventricle, ED = end-diastole, ES = end-systole.