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Figure 5 The temporal pattern of a patient with a Carpentier-Edwards mitral ring and functional MR is displayed in Figure 5, left panel. With a fixed mitral annulus, there is the persistence of a similar biphasic temporal pattern of the ROA observed in patients with functional MR without rings in place. Figure 5, right panel, shows a similar reciprocal relationship of ROA and TMP in this patient that is also observed in patients with functional MR without mitral rings.
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