Chronic erysipelas in a pig: heart valves

Heart with aortic valves ulcerated and disorganized

Ventricles and valves of the heart, after Senac. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Circulatory system of a rabbit: five figures, including the details of the heart, arteries, major blood vessels, and the valves of a vein. Coloured lithograph by W. & A. K. Johnston, 1860/1880?.

The heart, it's cavities and valves. Fig. 1 - Anterior surface of Heart and Pericardial covering., Fig. 2 - Posterior surface of Heart, Auricles, and Ventricales, Fig. 3 - Internal cavities of Ventricals - anterior view, Fig. 4 - Anterior surface of Heart - interior of right auricle exposed, Fig 5 - Interior of right Auricle, Ventrical, and Pulmonary Artery, Fig. 6 - Exterior of left Ventricle and of Aorta, Fig. 7 - Transverse section of Auricles, Aorta, and Pulmonary Artery, immediately above the origins of these vessels, showing the auriculo-ventricular and arterial valves in action, Fig. 8 - Transverse section of Ventricles.

Prosthetic heart valve, Bjork Shiley

Prosthetic heart valve, Starr Edwards

Prosthetic heart valve, Carpentier Edwards

Heart valve prototype made from cattle tissue

Human heart (mitral valve) tissue displaying calcification

Human heart (aortic valve) tissue displaying calcification

Human heart (aortic valve) tissue displaying  calcification.

The anatomy of the heart. Engraving, 1686.

Mechanical heart

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