Difference between revisions of "Heart valves"

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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anitschkow_Myocytes_in_an_Aschoff_Body,_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Anitschkow myocytes (WC)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anitschkow_Myocytes_in_an_Aschoff_Body,_Rheumatic_Myocarditis.jpg Anitschkow myocytes (WC)].


==Endocarditis==
==Infective endocarditis==
===General===
===General===
*Infection of the endocardium - often involves the valves (which are covered by endocardium).
*Infection of the endocardium - often involves the valves (which are covered by endocardium).