FIGURE 1. LVEDD (A) and LVESD (B) diameters before, early (3 mo), and late (12 mo) after PLV–MVR measured by echocardiography. Numbers in bars represent number of patients investigated for each time point (8 patients were measured serially). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ns equals P = not significant.