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Fig. 1 | BMC Anesthesiology

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From: Secondary left heart failure occurred during VA-ECMO assistance for severe residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary endarterectomy: a case report

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Perioperative echocardiography. Figure 1-A1, A2: Preoperative echocardiography revealed the greatly enlarged right heart with decreased systolic function, and small left heart with normal systolic function (LV34 LA21 RV36 RA49 EF 64.4%). B On POD 1, right heart still dilated significantly with high ventricular pressure, while left heart shrunk obviously and presented like the form of D (as the arrow points to), which indicate left ventricular dysfunction. C On POD 7, echocardiography showed a normal sized heart with satisfying ventricular systolic function. As is shown, right heart had retracted apparently and left heart had recovered to the size of O (as the arrow points to) with improved ventricular function

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