Table 3.

Mitral and aortic valve geometry

	Control Group	Increased Load Group
Mitral valves
Septal-lateral diameter, mm	9.1 ± 1.7	11.9 ± 1.5*
Commissure-commissure diameter, mm	11.6 ± 1.3	13.2 ± 2.1
Anterior mitral leaflet, mm	6.41 ± 0.68	7.71 ± 0.71*
P1, mm	1.76 ± 0.24	2.82 ± 0.50*
P2, mm	2.98 ± 0.51	3.96 ± 0.55*
P3, mm	2.26 ± 0.64	3.18 ± 0.55*
Aortic valves
Aortic annulus, mm	6.44 ± 1.41	6.19 ± 0.35
Sinotubular junction, mm	9.12 ± 1.13	9.24 ± 1.66

Values are expressed as means ± SE. P1–P3, posterior leaflet scallops 1–3. For both groups, n = 5.

^*P < 0.05 by unpaired t-test.