Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations

Figure 1

Left cardiac chambers size and microembolic load in open heart operations (𝑟s=0.48 −0.57, 𝑃s<0.01). (a) Left atrium diameter; (b) left ventricular end-systolic diameter; (c) left ventricular end-diastolic diameter.

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