D. Craig Miller, M.D.
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Most ovine mitral annular three-dimensional size reduction occurs before ventricular systole and is abolished with ventricular pacing.
Circulation. 1997; (9 Suppl): II-115-22; discussion II-123
Conventional surgical thinking indicates that mitral annular (MA) size reduction plays a key role in mitral valve closure, and most MA size and shape changes are thought to occur during left ventricular (LV) systole. The influences of left atrial (LA) and LV systole on MA size and shape, however, remain debated.
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