title: Asymptomatic giant left atrium.
abstract: Giant left atria (GLA) is a condition where the left atrial diameter exceeds 65 mm. It is closely related to rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation or mixed mitral disease with predominant regurgitation and tends not to occur in patients with mitral regurgitation due to other causes. The majority of patients are symptomatic with the most common symptoms being that of shortness of breath, dysphagia, palpitations, chest pain, and thromboembolic events. Massive asymptomatic enlargement of the left atrium is a rare entity. We present such a case.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. docfunk@mac.com
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Santana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome