Wednesday, April 22, 2009

SU(nday)DDEN DEATH



THIS ENLARGED HEART DOES NOT BEAT ANYMORE IN THE CHEST OF A YOUNG MAN.
The images reveal a hypertrophic and dilated heart weighing 1100g: a cardiomyopathy supposed to be idiopathic. Note the nutmeg liver (3000 grams) expressing the end-stage congestive heart failure. He died last Sunday at 33 years of age.
To understand the cardiac liver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2L6gwoOw70
The nutmeg liver:
The real nutmeg:

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