title: Giant left atrium in a woman with mitral prosthetic valve malfunction and history of rheumatic heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, University Hospital of Palermo, Piazza Delle Cliniche 2, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaspare
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parrinello
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paterna
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mezzero
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Pasquale
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trapanese
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardillo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Licata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000473:pathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography