Abstract

TREJO-NAVA, Carlos Alberto. Giant left atrium. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2015, vol.85, n.3, pp.250-252. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acmx.2014.12.008.

Woman 48 years old with progressive dyspnea, fatigue, dysphagia, lower limb edema, palpitations and decreased physical ability that made her to seek medical attention. The chest film showed severe cardiomegaly or <<cor bovis>> with cardiothoracic index of 0.78. The findings suggest a dilatation of both atria but mostly in the one. The echocardiogram shows severe mitral regurgitation consistent with rheumatic valve disease and <<giant>> left atrium. Semans and Taussig by first described in 1938 considered a rare finding and principal cause is rheumatic mitral disease. Valve lesions that are becoming less frequent as aneurysmal dilation. The diameters, the area and the calculated volume as one of the greatest reported atrium.

Keywords : Left atrium; Giant left atrium; Rheumatic mitral disease.

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