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n. - The membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves.

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  • The inner surface of the heart is lined by a serous membrane, the endocardium, which is smooth and firmly adherent to the muscular structure of the heart.
  • The endocardium is a thin, smooth membrane which lines and gives the glistening appearance to the inner surface of the heart; it assists in forming the valves by its...
  • First, metastatic lesions to the endocardium are rare, even rarer than primary cardiac malignancies.
  • This attacks the lining membrane, or endocardium, and causes, not infrequently, a shrinkage of the heart valves.
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