Giant left atrium in undersized mitral ring annuloplasty

Autor:	Nicole Bertin, Aniello Pappalardo, Alessandro Minati, Gabriella Forti, Serena Favretto, Franco Pertoldi, Eleonora Ficarra, Francesco Pelizzo, Olga Vriz
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	giant left atrium mitral valve regurgitation mitral valve replacement Medicine
Zdroj:	Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 86, Iss 1-2 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1122-0643 2532-5264
DOI:	10.4081/monaldi.2016.763
Popis:	Enlargement of left atrium occurs in patients with longstanding mitral valve disease due to chronic pressure and volume overload and occasionally left atrium reaches a massive enlargement, condition known as giant left atrium. It is most commonly associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease, both stenosis and regurgitation. This unique case deals with a 70-year-old woman who developed a giant left atrium due to a severe mitral regurgitation from complete prolapse of both mitral leaflets, as a consequence of previous undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.
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