@ARTICLE{Witt_Michał_The_2021, author={Witt, Michał}, number={No 2}, journal={Nauka}, pages={181-190}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN}, abstract={Based on a visual analysis of the heart of Frederic Chopin performed in 2014 and described above, it can be stated with high probability that the composer suffered from a long lasting tuberculosis as a primary disease, which was the cause of progressive deterioration of his physical condition and numerous symptoms mainly from the respiratory tract. Tuberculous pericarditis rapidly progressing within a rather short period of time, a relatively rare complication of diffuse tuberculosis, might have been an immediate cause of death. This would aptly coincide with a startling opinion that in an autopsy picture the composer’s heart had been more affected by the disease than the lungs.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={The disease and an immediate cause of death of Frederic Chopin}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119199/PDF/N%23221-09-Witt.pdf}, doi={10.24425/nauka.2021.136322}, keywords={Frederic Chopin, cystic fibrosis, heart, pericarditis, tuberculosis}, }