title: Progressive extreme biatrial enlargement following mitral valve replacement.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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