title: Giant left atrium: a condition that is rarely seen today.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Cardiac Surgery, A.O.U.P. P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fattouch
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sampognaro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Egle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Corrado
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borruso
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruvolo
mesh_terms: D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications