Giant left atrium causing severe dysphagia

Giant left atrium.

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Giant left atrium.

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...

Giant left atrium.

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 ...

[Giant left atrium].

Giant left atrium secondary to severe mixed mitral valve pathology.

A 76-year-old female presented with rheumatic mixed mitral valve pathology. A chest X-ray revealed massive cardiomegaly and splaying of the carina (Fig. 1). CT scan showed gross isolated left atrial (LA) enlargement (Fig. 2a), which was plicated from within (Fig. 2b). A mitral valve replacement and LA reduction was performed but she died of an operative complication. Fig. 1. Chest X-ray shows m...