Heart showing stenosis of the mitral and tricuspid valves
Object numberGC.15044
TitleHeart showing stenosis of the mitral and tricuspid valves
DescriptionMitral valve: funnel shaped, stenosed cups. Tear in lateral commissure done at valvulotomy, mural thrombus covers wall of enlarged atrium which is extensively calcified (yellowish plates seein in cut section of wall).
Tricuspid: Thickened cusps, adherent commissure.
Right atrium: Thrombus in atrial appendage.
Clinical history available in GC ledger
Production placeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh
Production date 1958-11-04 - 1958-11-04
Production periodTwentieth century
Object nameHEART
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen