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Giant left atrium with rheumatic mitral stenosis
Mehmet Ates1, Yavuz Sensoz, Gunseli Abay
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Center, 34668 Istanbul, Turkey. drmates@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A chest radiograph of a 38-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with rheumatic mitral stenosis, revealed cardiac enlargement due to a giant left atrium that was distorting the cardiac structures. The patient's cardiothoracic ratio was approximately 0.90. A giant left atrium can readily be delineated by echocardiography. Optimal timing of surgery is important in cases of mitral stenosis, because delaying mitral valve replacement can lead to fatal outcomes. To our knowledge, the left atrial diameter of 18.7 cm that we found in our patient is the largest reported to date.
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