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Figure 2 Quantitative measurements of the geometry of the left ventricle (LV) and mitral valve complex using two-dimensional echocardiography.D = short-axis dimension; d = mitral annular dimension; LA = left atrium; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle; L = long-axis dimension; {ell}1 = lateral papillary muscle (PM) tethering distance; {ell}2 = medial PM tethering distance.