title: Memories of patients with a giant left atrium.
abstract: This article emphasizes that the abnormalities noted on chest x-ray films of the chest can be diagnostic of giant left atrium. It also points out that a giant left atrium that occasionally occurs in patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation does not occur in patients with mitral regurgitation due to other causes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D002306:Cardiac Volume; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D011859:Radiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*