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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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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
A new intracavitary probe for detecting the site of origin of ectopic ventricular beats during one cardiac cycle.
An olive-shaped probe (25 X 12 mm) with 41 evenly distributed recording electrodes on its surface was introduced into the left… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Effects of global ischemia on the diastolic properties of the left ventricle in the conscious dog.
The alterations in regional diastolic mechanics that occur during regional myocardial ischemia (creep and increased myocardial… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Effects of anoxic or oxygenated reperfusion in globally ischemic, isovolumic, perfused rat hearts.
It has not previously been possible to study the in vitro effects of reperfusion on severely injured isolated perfused hearts… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Asynchronous left ventricular diastolic filling in patients with isolated disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery: assessment with radionuclide ventriculography.
To study the relationship between global and regional filling of the left ventricle, we conducted resting gated radionuclide… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Pericardial Influences on Ventricular Filling in the Conscious Dog: An Analysis Based on Pericardial Pressure
Twenty-five dogs were chronically instrumented to investigate the effects of the normal pericardium on cardiac function. Pulse… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Effect of coronary occlusion site on ischaemic bed size and collateral blood flow in dogs.
The ischaemic bed size (myocardium at risk) and collateral flow are major determinants of experimental myocardial infarct size… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Autoradiographic method for measuring the ischemic myocardium at risk: effects of verapamil on infarct size aftr experimental coronary artery occlusion.
Investigation of the efficacy of pharmacologic agents affecting myocardial infarct size after coronary artery occlusion is… 
Review
1957
Review
1957
The Possible Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery
The rare anomaly in which the left coronary artery arises from the pulmonary trunk instead of from the aorta is the basis of a… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
THE OPENING SNAP OF MITRAL STENOSIS
  • P. Mounsey
  • British heart journal
  • 1953
  • Corpus ID: 13450464
Sixteen years after Laennec (1819) described the murmur of mitral stenosis, Bouillaud (1835) described a reduplication of the… 
Review
1934
Review
1934
INTERATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
The interatrial septal defect is an anatomically well known entity. Louis (1826), Ecker (1839) and Cruveilhier (1852) stated the… 
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