The Biology of Heart Disease (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

The Biology of Heart Disease

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Leonardo da Vinci's last and greatest anatomical campaign was an investigation of the heart. Shown are two views of an ox's heart, displaying the aortic valve and coronary arteries. da Vinci regarded the three-cusped valves of the heart as a perfect example of mathematical necessity in the workings of nature.

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Image printed with permission from Royal Collection Trust/©Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll 2014.

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