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Figure 2. Relationship between the echocardiographic score and changes in mitral valve area after PMV (bar graphs), and relationship between the echocardiographic score and PMV success (line with filled yellow triangles). Numbers at the top of bar graphs represent mean mitral valve areas before (blue bars) and after (orange bars) PMV for each echocardiographic score. Percentages in black squares represent PMV success rate at each echocardiographic score. Modified from Palacios IF, Sanchez PL, Harrell LC, Weyman AE, Block PC^[1,13,18]. PMV: percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty