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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Mar 16;10(6):953–957. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2009.220384

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Finite element model of the left ventricle. Models are subdivided into six elements representing the anteroseptal, anterior, anterolateral, posterolateral, posterior and posteroseptal regions. The heart is further divided into proximal (basal), mid, and distal (apical) regions. A = anterior; AL = anterolateral; AS = anteroseptal; P = posterior; PL = posterolateral; PS = posteroseptal.