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A giant left atrium in rheumatic mitral stenosis.
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Enlargement of left atrium (LA) is not infrequently observed in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. We recently met a patient who had a giant LA associated with severe mitral stenosis. The right ventricle had almost collapsed due to compression by the LA. Mitral valve surgery was performed for mitral stenosis and the postoperative course was uneventful. Thus, we suggest that clinicians should not delay corrective surgery for severe mitral stenosis solely on account of a huge LA.
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Kyungil Park; Hyung-Kwan Kim; Young-Bae Park
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Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-30
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Title:  Korean circulation journal     Volume:  40     ISSN:  1738-5555     ISO Abbreviation:  Korean Circ J     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
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Created Date:  2011-01-10     Completed Date:  2011-07-14     Revised Date:  2011-07-20    
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Nlm Unique ID:  101247141     Medline TA:  Korean Circ J     Country:  Korea (South)    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  609-10     Citation Subset:  -    
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Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Korean Circ J
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ISSN: 1738-5520
ISSN: 1738-5555
Publisher: The Korean Society of Cardiology
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Received Day: 24 Month: 2 Year: 2010
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Volume: 40 Issue: 11
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DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.11.609

A Giant Left Atrium in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis
Kyungil Park, MDA1
Hyung-Kwan Kim, MDA1
Young-Bae Park, MDA1
Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Correspondence: Correspondence: Young-Bae Park, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2072-2210, Fax: 82-2-764-3379, parkyb@snu.ac.kr

A 53-year-old woman presented with progressive dyspnea to our outpatient clinic. She reported first shortness of breath one year prior to the current presentation. Her medical history was unremarkable and vital signs were stable. Her electrocardiogram demonstrated atrial fibrillation with slow ventricular response. A massive cardiomegaly, as evidenced by a cardiothoracic ratio of 0.95, was noted (Fig. 1A). Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mitral valve area of 0.74 cm2 with a mild degree of mitral regurgitation. The left atrium (LA) was so large that it was not possible to fit it to the screen in its entirety (Fig. 1B and C). For further evaluation, a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) was performed and showed a huge LA with an end-systolic volume of 1,125 mL, resulting in the right atrium (RA) and right ventricle (RV) being significantly compressed. Even the left ventricle was also compressed by the enlarged LA against the anterior chest wall (Fig. 1D). RA and RV volume were 18 mL and 70 mL, respectively. Mitral valve replacement with bileaflet prosthetic valve was performed concomitantly with LA volume reduction surgery.1), 2) Immediate postoperative course was uneventful. Postoperative cMRI performed at the 8 week follow-up visit after discharge showed a marked reduction of LA (250 mL) with a normalization of RA, RV (170 mL) and left ventricle sizes (Fig. 1E). One month after corrective surgery, her functional capacity had significantly increased from NYHA Fc IV to Fc II and the size of the cardiac chambers had normalized (Fig. 1F).


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Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging, Mitral valve stenosis, Left atrium.

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