Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a Hypertensive Heart

 

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In cross section,  this view of the heart shows the left ventricle in the center left of the picture. The heart is from a severe hypertensive.  The left ventricle is grossly thickened.  The myocardial fibers have undergone hypertrophy.

 

 

 

 

 

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