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. 2004 Sep 15;2:17. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-2-17

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Demonstration of successful BVP by Tissue Tracking in apical four chamber view in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy. Images from apical four chamber view. A) Before BVP, there is a dilated ventricle ("baseball shape") with reduced systolic displacement (max displacement = 8 mm) in the septum and DLC in the lateral wall (no colour-coding) indicating asynchrony of the lateral wall. B) After three months of BVP, there is a reduction of left ventricular dilatation (reverse remodelling, "American football shape" of the left ventricle), increased tracking values and no DLC regions anymore.