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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 12.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Dec;88(6):1838–1844. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.007

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Nonplanarity Angle and Circularity Index for Normal, Myxomatous, and Ischemic Mitral Valves

Ischemic
Mitral Valves
(n = 29)
Mean (SD)
Nonischemic
Mitral Valves
(n = 40)
Mean (SD)
Normal
Mitral Valves
(n = 8)
Mean (SD)
Before nonplanarity angle (degrees) 138 (15) 133 (15) 127 (5)
p = 0.07
Before circularity index 0.90 (0.1) 0.89 (0.1) 0.90 (0.1)
NS

NS = not significant.