valvular disease

Dilation and hypertrophy of the atria occur in patients with valvular heart disease especially in mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis or tricuspid abnormalities. In sub-saharan Africa, rheumatic fever is still the leading cause of valvular heart disease. We report a case of an unusual giant right atrium in context of rheumatic stenosis and severe tricuspid regurgitation in a 58-year-old woman.

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enlarged right atrium falsely interpreted as a mediastinal mass: a case report

Journal: :journal of cardio-thoracic medicine 0

farid zand anesthesiologist, anesthesiology and critical care research center, faculty of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran mohammad reza sasani radiologist, medical imaging research center, department of radiology, faculty of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran shahrbanoo shahbazi anesthesiologist, anesthesiology and critical care research center, faculty of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran kamran hojabri resident of anesthesiology, department of anesthesia, faculty of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran mansour jannati cardiac surgeon, department of cardiovascular surgery, faculty of medicine, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran

right atrial dilation due to left heart disease is a common complication among adults. the present review aimed to describe a case of massively dilated right atrium in a female patient presenting with valvular heart disease and no atrial fibrillation. the results of chest x-ray revealed a large opacity filling the lower right hemithorax, falsely interpreted as a mediastinal mass. during the tra...

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Consequences of the prolonged waiting time for patient candidates for heart surgery.

Journal: :Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia 2002

Nagib Haddad Olímpio J N V Bittar Ana A M Pereira Maria Barbosa da Silva Vivian L Amato Pedro S Farsky Auristela I O Ramos Marcelo Sampaio Tarcísio L V Almeida Dikran Armaganijan José Eduardo M R Sousa

OBJECTIVE To assess mortality and the psychological repercussions of the prolonged waiting time for candidates for heart surgery. METHODS From July 1999 to May 2000, using a standardized questionnaire, we carried out standardized interviews and semi-structured psychological interviews with 484 patients with coronary heart disease, 121 patients with valvular heart diseases, and 100 patients wi...

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Recent advances in echocardiography for valvular heart disease

2015

Rebecca Hahn Takahiro Shiota Jeroen J. Bax Judy Hung

Echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for the assessment of patients with valvular heart disease. Echocardiographic advancements may have particular impact on the assessment and management of patients with valvular heart disease. This review will summarize the current literature on advancements, such as three-dimensional echocardiography, strain imaging, intracardiac echocardiograp...

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