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Acquired left ventricular-right atrium shunts.
Left ventricular to right atrial (LV-RA) shunt is an unusual type of ventricular septal defect (VSD). This article concentrates on acquired LV-RA shunts, which may be due to complications of cardiac operation, endocarditis, trauma or myocardial infarction. A previous cardiac operation is its most common cause. The diagnosis of LV-RA communication is not easy, and it should be remembered in pati...
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Radiographic evidence of asymmetrical enlargement of the left atrium without atrial infarction is presented. Giant atrial enlargement is rarely symmetrical, the atrial appendage can contribute to the enlargement, and the giant atrium can be effectively trimmed. This will reduce its size and, therefore, the space which it occupies, and will restore the anatomical relations of neighbouring struct...
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A69-year-old woman presented as an outpatient with shortness of breath. She was a former smoker and had a past medical history of rheumatic heart disease with mild mitral stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral insufficiency associated with atrial fibrillation. A chest x-ray revealed near-complete opacification of the right mid-to-lower lung zones, with a shift of the mediastinal structures and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1525-2167
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.08.002