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(A): Cardiac MRI showing severely dilated and hypertrophied RV with mildly diminished systolic function. (B, C): TEE monitoring showing RV chamber size decrease from 6.2 cm at low VAD speed (2,740 RPM) to 5.3 cm at high VAD speed (2,780 RPM) (D, E): Chest x-ray showing significant decrease in RV size between post-operative day 1 and 10 months post-operatively.
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Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 2013 showed severely dilated and hypertrophied RV (Figure 1A). VAD flows were titrated with echocardiographic monitoring, RV chamber size decreased from 6.2 cm at low VAD speed [2,740 revolutions per minute (rpms)] to 5.3 cm at high VAD speed (2,780 rpms) (Figures 1B,C). Cardiac MRI could not be repeated due to the presence of the VAD, but chest x-ray showed significant decrease in RV size between post-operative day 1 and 10 months postoperatively (Figures 1D,E).