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Relations between systolic expansion of mitral valve (MV) annulus and 1) systolic lengthening of MV leaflets (A) and 2) systolic superior shift of papillary muscles (PMs) (B). MV annulus expansion is related to both MV leaflet lengthening and PM superior shift.
