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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
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
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Effects of PY 108–068, a New Calcium Antagonist, on General Hemodynamics and Regional Blood Flow in Anesthetized Cats: A Comparison with Nifedipine
The hemodynamic effects of PY 108–068 (PY), a new benzoxadiazolyle dihydropyridine derivative with calcium antagonistic effects… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Oblique-angle tomography: a restructuring algorithm for transaxial tomographic data.
A set of contiguous transaxial tomographic sections obtained with a rotating-camera tomograph represents the full three… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Demonstration of Lateral and Epicardial Border Zone Salvage by Flurbiprofen Using an In Vivo Method for Assessing Myocardium at Risk
SUMMARY The purposes of this investigation were (1) to develop an in vivo method of determining the myocardium at risk after… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Dynamic geometry of the left atrium and left ventricle in acute mitral regurgitation.
The instantaneous transverse diameter of the left atrium, left ventricular free wall segment length (SEG), and the long axis of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The time course of myocardial high-energy phosphate degradation during potassium cardioplegic arrest.
Myocardial high-energy phosphate and glucose-6-phosphate levels were determined in the in vivo pig heart model during ischemic… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Nontraumatic assessment of left ventricular wall motion and regional stroke volume after myocardial infarction.
The regional contraction patterns of the left ventricle, shortly after myocardial infarction, were assessed from computer… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Lysosomes in myocardial infarction: studies by means of cytochemistry and subcellular fractionation, with observations on the effects of methylprednisolone.
To evaluate lysosomal involvement in myocardial infarction, coronary artery thrombosis was induced by ligation in 16 dogs… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Relationships between Myocardial Perfusion, Myocardial Necrosis, and Technetium‐99m Pyrophosphate Uptake in Dogs Subjected to Sudden Coronary Occlusion
SUMMARY The quantitative relationship between abnormalities seen on technetium-99m pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) infarct scintigrams… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Time course of left ventricular pressure-volume relationship under various extents of aortic occlusion.
The author has reported that a variable, e(t)=p(t)/v(t), is approximately unchanged in the areflexive heart of the dog over a…