Giant left atrium in undersized mitral ring annuloplasty

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2016 Oct 14;86(1-2):763. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2016.763.

Abstract

Enlargement of left atrium occurs in patients with longstanding mitral valve disease due to chronic pressure and volume overload and occasionally left atrium reaches a massive enlargement, condition known as giant left atrium. It is most commonly associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease, both stenosis and regurgitation. This unique case deals with a 70-year-old woman who developed a giant left atrium due to a severe mitral regurgitation from complete prolapse of both mitral leaflets, as a consequence of previous undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Valve
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Atria / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy / etiology
  • Hypertrophy / pathology
  • Mitral Valve
  • Mitral Valve Annuloplasty
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
  • Organ Size
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology*