Additionally, there was a trend toward increased LVIDd, representing mild chamber dilation over the course of the study even though this value failed to reach statistical significance.
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Embolization of the first diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery as a porcine model of chronic trans-mural myocardial infarction.
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There was also an increasing trend in left ventricular internal diameter during diastole (LVIDd) from 36.2 ± 2.8 mm prior to infarction to 38.7 ± 2.9 mm and 40.9 ± 5.4 mm following infarction and at 8-weeks respectively (Figure 3 b), though this parameter did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.15).