Huge Left Atrium
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Left atrium dilates and hypertrophies in mitral stenosis cases. Occasionally left atrium reaches to extreme sizes. In giant left atrium cases, mitral stenosis may be the sole pathology or it may be accompanied by mitral insufficiency, or it may present as mixed mitral disease where mitral stenosis dominate. Transthoracic echocardiography is the easiest and cheapest method for the diagnosis and follow-up of the disease. Transesophageal echocardiography performed during the operation helps the surgical team in evaluating the effectiveness of artificial valves (1).
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تاریخ انتشار 2011