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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;91(1):157–164. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.09.078

Fig 7.

Fig 7

Regurgitant orifice geometry, presented as orifice width plotted as a function of location along coaptation line (expressed as a percentage of the distance traveled from the anterior commissure). The positions of the anterior commissure (AC) and posterior commissure (PC) and valve segments (A1-P1 to A3-P3) are labeled. To avoid curves overlapping, all patients have been overlaid. Each vertical graduation represents 1-mm regurgitant width. Note extension of regurgitant orifice along the entire coaptation region and also the variable size and number of orifices.