Giant left atrium: a condition that is rarely seen today.
Today, giant left atrium is a condition that is rarely observed in clinical practice and diagnosis can be missed. It is prevalent in patients with rheumatic heart disease that has decreased considerably in industrialized countries in the last two decades. However, the immigration flow in the current era can revive its incidence.
Fattouch
Khalil
K
Unit of Cardiac Surgery, A.O.U.P. P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy.
Sampognaro
Roberta
R
Coppola
Giuseppe
G
Corrado
Egle
E
Borruso
Enzo
E
Novo
Salvatore
S
Ruvolo
Giovanni
G
D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications