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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Topilsky Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7272584 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20200529
The normal mitral valve is a dynamic structure that permits blood to flow from the left atrial (LA) to left ventricle (LV) during diastole and sealing of the LA from the LV during systole. The main components of the mitral apparatus are the mitral annulus (MA), the mitral leaflets, the chordae tendineae, and the papillary muscles (PM) (Figure 1). Normal valve function is dependent on the integrity and normal interplay of these components. Abnormal function of any one of the components, or their ...[more]