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Endomyocardial fibrosis
Endomyocardial fibrosis
(A) Surface echocardiogram with right ventricular apical fibrosis and severe right atrial enlargement.
(B) Left ventriculogram with severe mitral regurgitation and apical obliteration.
(A) Reproduced with permission from: Salemi VM, Rochitte CE, Barbosa MM, Mady C. Images in cardiology. Clinical and echocardiographic dissociation in a patient with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis. Heart 2005; 91:1399. Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group.
(B) Reproduced with permission from: Joshi R, Abraham S, Kumar AS. New approach for complete endocardiectomy in left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 125:40. Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
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