Light micrograph section through human heart tissue showing rheumatic endocarditis. Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever, which can lead to endocarditis. This occurs when germs enter the blood stream, travel to the heart, and attach to abnormal heart valves or damaged heart tissue. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Downer, Nigel |
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