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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 and requires specific management. In this review, we present two cases, discuss the different defi...

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Accepted 18 December 2017 DesCripTion Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is much prevalent in low/middle-income country like India with the prevalence ranging from 0.2 to 1.1/1000 for RHD and from 0.0007 to 0.2/1000 for rheumatic fever. Factors that precipitate the formation of clot are atrial fibrillation (AF) rhythm, left atrial (LA) size, duration of symptoms, advanced age and severity of mitral ...

A lost "pinball" in the left atrium.

Giant left atrium.

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1 Left Atrium Segmentation

Introduction Cardiovascular diseases are the single most important cause of death in the developing world [131]. According to a recent estimate of the World Heath Organization, 16.7 million deaths each year are caused by cardiovascular related illnesses [131]. Their early diagnosis and treatment has become vital for reducing the mortality and improving the quality of life of the patients suffer...