Morphological and Chemical Study of Pathological Deposits in Human Aortic and Mitral Valve Stenosis: A Biomineralogical Contribution

Figure 1

Macroscopic images of a large mineralized deposit on a valve leaflet after the mineralogical preparation (dehydration in absolute alcohol and exposure to UV radiation) of the sample. The white deposit represents the biomineral formation grown within the organic tissue (in yellow) of the human heart valve.