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Surgical treatment of giant left atrium using a combined superior-transseptal approach
Sadatoshi Yuasa1, Takeshi Soeda, Shinji Masuyama
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Shimane, Japan. mrchlib2@web-sanin.co.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 26, 2003
Abstract:
We report on the usefulness of a combined superior-transseptal approach for the surgical treatment of giant left atrium. The posteroinferior wall and the roof of the left atrium were easily plicated and the mitral valve procedure was simple.

