Based on a macroscopic analysis of the heart of Frederic Chopin performed in 2014, 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.

根据对弗雷德里克·肖邦2014年演奏的心脏的宏观分析，可以说作曲家患有长期肺结核作为原发性疾病的可能性很大，这是导致他的身体状况逐渐恶化和众多症状的原因。主要来自呼吸道。结核性心包炎在相当短的时间内迅速进展，这是一种相对罕见的弥漫性结核并发症，可能是直接导致死亡的原因。这恰好与令人吃惊的观点相吻合，即在尸检照片中，作曲家的心脏比肺部更容易受到疾病的影响。