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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Int Heart J. 2020;61(5):970–978. doi: 10.1536/ihj.20-236

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Potential mechanism of systolic mitral valve (MV) annular expansion in patients with late-systolic MV prolapse (MVP) expected from the structural characteristics of the MV complex. Detailed explanation is in the main text. Ao indicates aorta; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; and PM, papillary muscle.