Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romanyuk 2016
Pathology of the Cardiovascular System. Diffuse Connective Tissue Diseases. Pathology of the Respiratory System
Extensive Myocardial Infarction
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Extensive myocardial infarction
The specimen shows a cross-section of the left ventricular chamber with a localized dark-colored wall lesion involving predominantly its inner and middle layers. Such massive myocardial injury in myocardial infarction results in myomalacia or The formation of an acute cardiac aneurysm.
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