TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119199/PDF/N%23221-09-Witt.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119199 PY - 2021 IS - No 2 EP - 190 DO - 10.24425/nauka.2021.136322 KW - Frederic Chopin KW - cystic fibrosis KW - heart KW - pericarditis KW - tuberculosis A1 - Witt, Michał PB - Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN DA - 2021.05.14 T1 - The disease and an immediate cause of death of Frederic Chopin SP - 181 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/119199 T2 - Nauka ER -