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Included under this heading are inflammatory and degenerative conditions involving the cardiac valves. Similar lesions involving the myocardium and pericardium are considered in subsequent chapters, while traumatic lesions of the valves are included in the section on cardiac trauma.
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Ross, D.N., English, T.A.H., McKay, R. (1992). Acquired Valvular Heart Disease. In: Principles of Cardiac Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1470-3_7
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