Progressive extreme biatrial enlargement following mitral valve replacement.
Patients with mitral valve disease and extreme enlargement of the left atrium usually exhibit significant decrease in chamber size following corrective mitral valve surgery. We describe a patient in whom extreme right and left atrial enlargement developed, and progressed following mitral valve replacement, with no evidence of prosthetic valve malfunction or tricuspid valve disease.
D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D014655:Vascular Resistance