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Fig. 2 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Fig. 2

From: Myocardial fibrosis in asymptomatic and symptomatic chronic severe primary mitral regurgitation and relationship to tissue characterisation and left ventricular function on cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Fig. 2

Histological specimens from mitral regurgitation patients and controls. Sections are stained with Masson Trichrome highlighting fibrous tissue as blue and myocytes as purple-red. Histological fibrosis is patchy with little congruence in fibrosis burden across different biopsy sites. Extracellular volume fraction (ECV) can provide an overall estimation of myocardial status, but fails to account for endocardial fibrosis

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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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