1. Changes in right ventricular dimensions and performance after passive cardiac containment 
Alexander Lembcke, MD, Simon Dushe, MD, Steffen Sonntag, MD, Christian Kloeters, Christian N.H. Enzweiler, MD, Till H. Wiese, MD, Bernd Hamm, MD, Franz-Xaver Kleber, MD, PhD, Wolfgang F. Konertz, MD, PhD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 78, Issue 3, Pages (September 2004)
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2. Fig 1
A 59-year-old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy. Electron-beam CT 2 weeks before and 9 months after CSD implantation. Section along the approximated short heart axis at the level of the atrioventricular valves with the manually drawn endocardial contours during end-diastole (left) and end-systole (right) of the right ventricle (“cine protocol” [acquisition time 50 msec; slice thickness 8 mm; matrix 256×256; FOV 21 cm]; contrast agent dose, 90 mL; flow, 3 mL/s). (A) Preoperative status: EDD 44 mm, ESD 36 mm, EDV 162 mL, ESV 102 mL, SV 60 mL, and EF 37%. (B) Postoperative status: EDD 41 mm, ESD 33 mm, EDV 112 mL, ESV 59 mL, SV 53 mL, EF 47%. Note the alteration of right ventricular size and shape as well as the small hyperdense stripe along the pericardium following CSD implantation (arrows). (CSD = cardiac support device; CT = computed tomography; EDD = end-diastolic diameter; EDV = end-diastolic volume; EF = ejection fraction; ESD = end-systolic diameter; ESV = end-systolic volume; FOV = field of view; SV = [total] right ventricular stroke volume.)
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