Chapter 6 The cardiovascular system/Fig 6.55.jpg

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The interior of the left ventricle showing the aortic valve at the top and the posterior surface of the anterior mitral valve leaflet. The head of the infarcted papillary muscle has been ruptured and avulsion of the attached chordae tendineae caused mitral incompetence.