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Left ventricular structure

Known as: Ventriculus cordis sinister, Left ventricle of heart, Ventricle, Left 
The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it through the aorta to the body.
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Absent left coronary arteryAbsent right coronary arteryAortic valve structureApex of heart

Broader (2)

Heart VentricleLeft side of heart

Narrower (2)

Left ventricle, inflow tractVentricular septum

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography.
The assessment of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function should be an integral part of a routine examination, particularly in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The use of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction.
  • R. Kim, E. Wu, R. Judd
  • The New England journal of medicine
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 12107164
BACKGROUND Recent studies indicate that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after the administration of contrast material can be… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Case report.
Background: Fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma is a rare condition. Case: We report a case with cardiac mass discovered in utero by… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. Experimental observations and clinical implications.
An acute myocardial infarction, particularly one that is large and transmural, can produce alterations in the topography of both… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two…
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Decreased catecholamine sensitivity and beta-adrenergic-receptor density in failing human hearts.
To identify the role of the myocardial beta-adrenergic pathway in congestive heart failure, we examined beta-adrenergic-receptor… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Left ventricular fibre architecture in man.
In order to investigate the possibility of regional variation of ventricular structure, 25 normal postmortem human hearts were… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Problems in echocardiographic volume determinations: echocardiographic-angiographic correlations in the presence of absence of asynergy.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Wall stress and patterns of hypertrophy in the human left ventricle.
It is generally recognized that chronic left ventricular (LV) pressure overload results primarily in wall thickening and… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Manual of histologic staining methods of the Armed forces institute of pathology
(SD-008). 2. L.G. Luna (Ed.), Manual of Histologic Staining Methods of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (3rd ed.), McGraw… 
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