To evaluate changes in left ventricular (LV) function after myocardial infarction (MI),
anesthetized closed-chest dogs were studied following survival from acute nonmassive MI …

Obstruction of a major branch of the left coronary artery in a previously normal ventricle is
not usually associated with shock, experimentally or clinically. To examine the early …

We have previously reported that regional wall motion abnormalities in a canine model of
acute myocardial infarction may show substantial improvement in the first 6 weeks after …

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE is the major etiology for heart failure today (3). The initial event
is frequently a large or recurrent myocardial infarction. Acute myocardial infarction starts with …

Compliance of the infarcted left ventricle was studied in dogs 3-5 days after occlusion of the
left anterior descending coronary artery. Compliance was assessed from postmortem …

Pairs of ultrasonic dimension gauges and a micromanometer implanted in the
subendocardium of the left ventricles of unanesthetized dogs were used to analyze serial …

To define the relationship between infarct size and ventricular performance, we performed
hemodynamic studies in rats 21 days after left coronary artery occlusion. Ventricular …

To determine the influence of coronary reperfusion on ventricular arrhythmias and
ventricular function at 4 days post occlusion, anesthetized dogs randomly received no …

Acute myocardial infarction causes depression of left ventricular function, but the capacity of
the ventricle to recover from such an injury remains unknown. This problem was explored by …

In the presence of focal myocardial damage, stroke volume may be maintained by
ventricular dilatation, resulting in an increased left ventricular end-diastolic volume, or by …