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! style="width:50px" | Grade
! 2
! style="width:170px" | Mobility
! 3
! style="width:170px" | Thickening
! 4
! style="width:170px" | Calcification
! 5
! style="width:170px" | Subvalvular Thickening
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" | 1
| style="vertical-align:top" | Highly mobile valve with only leaflet tips restricted
| style="vertical-align:top" | Leaflets near normal in thickness (4-5 mm)
| style="vertical-align:top" | A single area of increased echo brightness
| style="vertical-align:top" | Minimal thickening just below the mitral leaflets
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" | 2
| style="vertical-align:top" | Leaflet mid and base portions have normal mobility
| style="vertical-align:top" | Midleaflets normal, considerable thickening of margins (5-8 mm)
| style="vertical-align:top" | Scattered areas of brightness confined to leaflet margins
| style="vertical-align:top" | Thickening of chordal structures extending to one-third of the chordal length
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" | 3
| style="vertical-align:top" | Valve continues to move forward in diastole, mainly from the base
| style="vertical-align:top" | Thickening extending through the entire leaflet (5-8mm)
| style="vertical-align:top" | Brightness extending into the mid-portions of the leaflets
| style="vertical-align:top" | Thickening extended to distal third of the chords
 
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| style="vertical-align:top" | 4
| style="vertical-align:top" | No or minimal forward movement of the leaflets in diastole
| style="vertical-align:top" | Considerable thickening of all leaflet tissue (>8-10mm)
| style="vertical-align:top" | Extensive brightness throughout much of the leaflet tissue
| style="vertical-align:top" | Extensive thickening and shortening of all chordal structures extending down to the papillary muscles
 
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| colspan="5" |<ul><li>The total score is the sum of the four items and ranges between 4 and 16.</li></ul>


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