The 12 loci of individual biopsies were standardized as follows: 1 3 were right lateral base, mid and apex, 4 6 were right medial base, mid and apex, 7 9 were left lateral base, mid and apex, and 10 12 were left medial base, mid and apex, respectively.
We will also calculate the mean peak longitudinal strain for the right ventricular (RV) and LV lateral free walls and IVS as an average of the three segmental values (base, mid and apex).
To identify where the 99mTc-rCR2 was located within the transplanted heart, sections of the base, mid, and apex of transplanted hearts from all three groups were assessed for presence of radioactivity by autoradiography.
In contrast, the retrograde approach led to significantly higher incidences of low CF compared with the antegrade approach in the mid-anteroseptum, mid-inferior, and apex segments.
Mean CF was significantly higher when using the antegrade approach in the mid-anteroseptum, mid-lateral, and apex, and significantly higher when using the retrograde approach in the basal-anteroseptum, basal-inferoseptum, basal-inferior, and basal-lateral segments.
In this study, the LV was arbitrarily divided into 11 predefined segments: basal-anterior, mid-anterior, basal-anteroseptum, mid-anteroseptum, basal-inferoseptum, mid-inferoseptum, basal-inferior, mid-inferior, basal-lateral, mid-lateral, and apex.
The first section included scoring of anatomic structures and image optimization (appropriate depth, gain, and centering) in the following views: parasternal long axis; parasternal short-axis aortic valve, mitral valve, mid-papillary, and apex; apical four chamber; subcostal long axis; and subcostal inferior vena cava (IVC).
Depending on the heart rate (HR), either three or four left ventricular short-axis slices (base, mid-ventricle, and apex) were obtained.
6 mm diameter cores obtained intraoperatively from fresh RP specimens were procured from the right and left TZ and PZ from mid to base and from mid to apex as described [27] and histologic analysis was performed on frozen sections of full thickness cross sections.
Body very long, about 23.7 mm in length excluding ovipositor; head, antenna, mesosoma, 1st metasomal segment, hind femur and apex of mid femur dark, forewing apex infuscated in anterior part and hind wing apex infuscated.
The Myosplint system utilized three tensioning rods placed transversely through the left ventricle at the apex, mid, and base, respectively, secured and tensioned by epicardial pads.
