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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Dec 3;33(2):191–197. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.10.024

TABLE 2.

Annular dimensions

	EarlyS		MidS		EndS

	Baseline	Ischemia	Baseline	Ischemia	Baseline	Ischemia
MAA (cm²)	7.86±2.62	9.78±4.40^**	7.65±2.50	9.58±4.03^**	7.63±2.64	9.85±4.08^**
C-C (cm)	3.91±0.64	4.14±0.73^***	3.84±0.67	4.09±0.69^**	3.70±0.66	3.99±0.67^***
S-L_ANT (cm)	1.92±0.46	2.15±0.69^**	1.89±0.42	2.11±0.62^**	1.86±0.37	2.11±0.55^**
S-L_MID (cm)	2.78±0.79	3.26±1.14^**	2.74±0.75	3.23±1.04^***	2.67±0.76	3.20±1.03^***
S-L_POST (cm)	2.63±0.56	3.04±0.87^**	2.58±0.51	3.03±0.81^**	2.50±0.54	2.99±0.80^***

Group mean ±SD

=p<0.05 vs baseline

^**

=p<0.01 vs baseline

^***

=p<0.001 vs baseline

MAA= mitral annular area, C-C = commissure-commissure diameter, S-L_ANT, S-L_MID and S-L_POST represent mitral annular anterior, mid and posterior septal-lateral diameters (see METHODS), EarlyS= early systole, MidS= mid-systole, EndS= end-systole (see METHODS for definition of timepoints)