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Giant Left Atrium: A Review
Giant left atrium is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0.3%, and following mainly rheumatic mitral valve disease. Although rheumatic heart disease represents the main cause of giant left atrium, other etiologies have been reported. Giant left atrium has significant hemodynamic effects a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.99227 |
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author | El Maghraby, Ahmed Hajar, Rachel |
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description | Giant left atrium is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0.3%, and following mainly rheumatic mitral valve disease. Although rheumatic heart disease represents the main cause of giant left atrium, other etiologies have been reported. Giant left atrium has significant hemodynamic effects and requires specific management. In this review, we present two cases, discuss the different definitions, etiologies, clinical presentation and management modalities. |
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spelling | pubmed-34247792012-08-23 Giant Left Atrium: A Review El Maghraby, Ahmed Hajar, Rachel Heart Views Review Article Giant left atrium is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of 0.3%, and following mainly rheumatic mitral valve disease. Although rheumatic heart disease represents the main cause of giant left atrium, other etiologies have been reported. Giant left atrium has significant hemodynamic effects and requires specific management. In this review, we present two cases, discuss the different definitions, etiologies, clinical presentation and management modalities. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3424779/ /pubmed/22919448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.99227 Text en Copyright: © Heart Views http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article El Maghraby, Ahmed Hajar, Rachel Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title | Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title_full | Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title_fullStr | Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title_short | Giant Left Atrium: A Review |
title_sort | giant left atrium: a review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424779/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1995-705X.99227 |
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