title: Giant left atrium in undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.
abstract: Enlargement of left atrium occurs in patients with longstanding mitral valve disease due to chronic pressure and volume overload and occasionally left atrium reaches a massive enlargement, condition known as giant left atrium. It is most commonly associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease, both stenosis and regurgitation. This unique case deals with a 70-year-old woman who developed a giant left atrium due to a severe mitral regurgitation from complete prolapse of both mitral leaflets, as a consequence of previous undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.
authors.affiliation: . bertin.nicole@libero.it.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: Aniello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pappalardo
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minati
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forti
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Favretto
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pertoldi
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ficarra
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pelizzo
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vriz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008943:Mitral Valve; D058386:Mitral Valve Annuloplasty; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009929:Organ Size; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*