Abstract
To the Editor: We read with great interest the recent article by Gorcsan et al.1 They report heterogeneous immediate effects of partial left ventriculectomy (PLV) on the slope (Ees) of end-systolic pressure-area relations obtained with echocardiographic automated border detection in 8 patients. The average change in Ees was from 6.5±3.4 mm Hg/cm2 (before PLV) to 4.3±2.5 mm Hg/cm2 (immediately after PLV) ( P =NS). The authors, however, overlooked an error made by the iterative linear regression technique that they used to calculate Ees. In the right bottom panel of the Figure, where the decreased Ees (1.1 mm Hg/cm2) was demonstrated after PLV, the end-systolic pressure-area …
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