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Depiction of the major cell types of the mature mammalian heart along with examples of ways cellular morphology and function can change in disease. Numbered arrows refer to the processes numbered in the text. Text and numbering is colour-coded according to cell type. From far-right clockwise: endothelial cells, cardiomyocytes, immune cells, smooth muscle cells, pericytes, and cardiac fibroblasts.
