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Case Studies | Medicine Science | India | Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2017
Giant Left Atrium: A Cause of Atrial Fibrillation and Rare Entity in Chronic Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease: A Case Report
Aditi Pandey | Aniket Kumar [2]
Abstract: A 35 year old male with known rheumatic heart disease presented to the emergency department with progressively increasing breathlessness. Two dimensional echocardiography followed by CECT chest revealed giant left atrium (17.7cmx16.1cm). The largest left atrium described so far in literature is 18.7cm, reported by Mehmet et al and from India is 18.4cmx11cmx10.2cm. So this is third largest in world and second largest in India.
Keywords: Giant left atrium, mitral stenosis, atrial fibrillation, mitral regurgitation, rheumatic heart disease
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2017,
Pages: 708 - 709
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Case Studies, Medicine Science, United States of America, Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2017
Pages: 739 - 742Apixaban Anticoagulation Failure in Patients with Bio-Prosthetic Aortic Valve with Concomitant Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Presenting as LAD Thrombosis, A Case Report
Umar Hayat [6] | Wajih Ullah | Abdur Rehman [3] | Muhammad Yousaf [6]
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Case Studies, Medicine Science, United States of America, Volume 6 Issue 12, December 2017
Pages: 96 - 98Left Atrial Compression by a Mediastinal Lymphoma Presenting with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Saqib Ahmed MD | Hector Marchand MD | Karen Cedeno-Kelly MD