This review provides an anatomical and biomechanical rationale supporting partial left ventriculectomy for dilated ventricles, based on the arrangement of myocardial fibers into wedge-shaped functional units.
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Challenges ventricular myocardial band hypothesis via geometric rationale; leaves open randomized validation for partial left ventriculectomy.
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