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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Interv Cardiol. 2008 Oct 21;21(6):547–554. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00398.x

Figure 5. Histopathologic Changes In Mitral Leaflets after Radiofrequency Ablation.

Figure 5

Affected valves show small areas of coagulation necrosis (consistent with RFA injury), labeled by arrows A, and surrounding fibroblastic proliferation, labeled by arrows B, as a feature of tissue repair.