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Figure 3. Interventional algorithm for mitral regurgitation. Light green box: favorable feature; light red box: less favorable features or unfeasibility; CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD: coronary artery disease; CMP: cardiomyopathy; HOCM: hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; LV: left ventricle; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVOT: left ventricular outflow tract; MS: mitral stenosis; MVA: mitral valve area; PMR: primary mitral regurgitation; RV: right ventricle; SMR: secondary mitral regurgitation; TA: transapical; TC: transcatheter; TEE: transesophageal echocardiography; TF: transfemoral