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. 2019 Feb 1;199(3):286–301. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201807-1351SO

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Figure 7. — Cardiac remodeling. Computed tomographic images showing left (blue) and right (red) ventricles for two former smokers (anterior view). (A) Image of a 73-year-old man with minimal emphysema (low-attenuation area percentage [LAA%], 3.2%); FEV₁ percent predicted of 72.4%; left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) volumes of 319.1 ml and 183.3 ml, respectively; and RV/LV ratio of 0.57. (B) Image of a 61-year-old man with advanced emphysema (LAA%, 38.2%); FEV₁ percent predicted of 26.7%; LV and RV volumes of 208.2 ml and 190.3 ml, respectively; and RV/LV ratio of 0.91.