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Figure 1 Correlation between mean diastolic mitral valve (MV) gradient (mm Hg) and MV flow (ml/s) in 53 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis and clinical events (dashed lines) and in patients without clinical events (solid lines). Data were obtained at rest and during peak dobutamine stress echocardiography.