title: Giant left atrium syndrome.
abstract: Giant left atrium syndrome can occasionally occur in patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation and can be responsible for oesophagus and/or airways compression. Abnormally enlarged left atriomegaly creates unusual right chest opacification on radiographs.
authors: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Milan, Italy. giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com
authors: Giuseppe M
authors: GM
authors: Raffa
authors: Antioco
authors: A
authors: Cappai
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Tarelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography