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:
The real nutmeg:
Copyright (the real nutmeg): http://www.flickr.com/photos/smitten/2040734923/
