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Table 4. Intra- and interobserver variability for mitral and tricuspid annular dimensions as evaluated by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography.

Data	Intraobserver agreement		Interobserver agreement
Data	Mean ± 2SD difference in values obtained by 2 measurements of the same observer	ICC between measurements of the same observer	Mean ± 2SD difference in values obtained by 2 observers	ICC between independent measurements of 2 observers
Mitral annular dimensions
End-diastolic MA diameter	0.03 ± 0.20 cm	0.94 (p < 0.0001)	0.04 ± 0.31 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)
End-diastolic MA area	–0.03 ± 0.87 cm²	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	0.03 ± 0.66 cm²	0.96 (p < 0.0001)
End-diastolic MA perimeter	–0.03 ± 0.71 cm	0.96 (p < 0.0001)	–0.07 ± 0.71 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic MA diameter	–0.03 ± 0.11 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)	0.03 ± 0.26 cm	0.96 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic MA area	–0.02 ± 0.32 cm²	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	–0.06 ± 0.61 cm²	0.98 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic MA perimeter	0.06 ± 0.81 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	0.05 ± 0.55 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)
Tricuspid annular dimensions
End-diastolic TA diameter	0.03 ± 0.23 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	0.03 ± 0.34 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)
End-diastolic TA area	–0.02 ± 1.34 cm²	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	0.04 ± 0.68 cm²	0.97 (p < 0.0001)
End-diastolic TA perimeter	–0.06 ± 0.81 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)	–0.10 ± 0.66 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic TA diameter	–0.03 ± 0.51 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)	0.04 ± 0.51 cm	0.97 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic TA area	–0.04 ± 0.50 cm²	0.97 (p < 0.0001)	–0.05 ± 0.47 cm²	0.97 (p < 0.0001)
End-systolic TA perimeter	0.08 ± 0.51 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)	0.05 ± 0.81 cm	0.95 (p < 0.0001)

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MA: mitral annular; TA: tricuspid annular; SD: standard deviation.

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AN: Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. NA: Validation, Writing—review & editing. ZB: Supervision, Resources. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

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