1. Aortic Valve Replacement for Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
Uday P. Dandekar, FRCS (CTh), Richard Watkin, MRCP, Navin Chandra, MRCP, Kirkpatrick C. Santo, FRCS, Sunil Bhudia, FRCS, Michael Pitt, MRCP, Stephen J. Rooney, FRCS (CTh) 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages (August 2009)
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2. Fig 1
(Right) Explanted aortic valve has multiple verrucous vegetations on all its leaflets. (Left) Echocardiography shows thickened aortic valve leaflets.
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3. Fig 2
Photomicrograph shows section of heart valve with extensive deposition of fibrin and other blood elements. Features of bland vegetation are consistent with Libman-Sacks endocarditis. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, ×100.)
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