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Rheumatic heart disease (mitral valve)

Pathological anatomy · Cardiovascular

Source says: "Gross pathology of rheumatic heart disease. Left ventricle has been cut open to display characteristic severe thickening of mitral valve, thickened chordae tendineae, and hypertrophied left ventricular myocardium. Autopsy."
Source says: "Gross pathology of rheumatic heart disease. Left ventricle has been cut open to display characteristic severe thickening of mitral valve, thickened chordae…

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PreviousLeft ventricular hypertrophy (2 of 2)
Category
Cardiovascular
Difficulty
advanced
Type
Macroscopic

Origin: CDC/Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · License Public domain

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