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Figure 2 Samples from the proband of a family with autosomal dominant familial dilated cardiomyopathy showing myocarditis at the histologic examination of the endomyocardial biopsy. (A) Acute active myocarditis, with massive infiltration of lymphocytic, monocytic and plasma cells, necrosis of adjacent myocardial fibers, interstitial edema and disarrangement of the muscle bundles (hematoxylin–eosin, x120, reduced by 54%). (B) Healing myocarditis, with interstitial edema and a focal inflammatory infiltration with myocyte necrosis (hematoxylin–eosin, x180, reduced by 54%).
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