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Figure 5

From: Non-linearity of end-systolic pressure–volume relation in afterload increases is caused by an overlay of shortening deactivation and the Frank–Starling mechanism

Figure 5

Ventricular parameters under a normal load (a) and at the end of the first (PLoad bilin1) and the second (PLoad bilin2) phases of the afterload interventions by either occlusion of the ascending aorta (ASC) or inflation of a balloon catheter in the descending aorta (DESC). (MW ± SD; *p < 0.05 vs. normal load; #p < 0.05 vs. DESC; Ved = end-diastolic volume, Ves = end-systolic volume, SV = stroke volume, Pes = end-systolic pressure, SW = stroke work, dP/dtmax = maximal rate of intraventricular pressure change, Ped = end-diastolic pressure).

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