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Figure 44b Rheumatic mitral stenosis viewed from the left ventricle.The leaflets and chordae tendineae are thickened ,scarred ,and contracted;the valve becomes funnel-shaped withits narrow apex in the left ventricle. Reference:GAASCH,W.H. and others,Mitral Valve Disease,Hurst's The HEART,8th edition,p.1483
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