title: Giant left atrium with calcified walls and thrombus in a patient with an old, normally functioning ball-in-cage mitral valve prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sos. Fundeni 258, sector 2, 022328 - Bucharest, Romania. bogdan.a.popescu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Bogdan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Popescu
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lupescu
authors.forename: Serban Al
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Georgescu
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ginghina
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery