1. Left ventricular vegetations: A rare manifestation of Libman-Sacks endocarditis 
Naritomo Nishioka, MD, Naoto Morimoto, MD, PhD, Masato Yoshida, MD, PhD, Nobuhiko Mukohara, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 145, Issue 2, Pages e26-e28 (February 2013)
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2. Figure 1
Echocardiography showed vegetations confined to the left ventricle.
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3. Figure 2
A and B, Intraoperative finding of vegetations (arrows) confined to the left ventricle. C, Gross specimen of resected vegetations. D, Pathologic finding of organized thrombus, fibrin, and proliferation of monocytes.
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