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Figure 6 Mitral Valve LGE

(A, B) Control subject steady state free processing (SSFP) and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) images at the short axis valve plane. In LGE, a very faint bright line represents normal valve leaflets. Panel C shows the SSFP image of a MVP patient with thickened leaflets. Panel E shows the SSFP image of another MVP patient who does not have readily identifiable leaflets. Panels D and F show the corresponding 3-dimensional LGE-CMR images with enhancement in the anterior leaflets (black arrows) and posterior leaflets (white arrows) in both patients. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.