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“MacCallum Plaque of the Heart”: A Medicolegal Case
Mural endocardial lesions can be seen as MacCallum plaques in rheumatic heart disease. These plaques appear as map-like areas of thickened, roughened, and wrinkled part of the endocardium in the left atrium. Perhaps they are caused by regurgitant jets of blood flow, due to incompetence of the mitral...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188002 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.73220 |