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October 1, 2011Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Giant left atrium syndrome in rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation can cause esophagus and/or airway compression and unusual right chest opacification on radiographs.

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Patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation

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Authors

GRGiuseppe Maria RaffaACAntioco CappaiGTGiuseppe Tarelli

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Overview

May prompt recognition of compressive symptoms or atypical opacities in rheumatic mitral regurgitation; leaves open prospective validation of prevalence and imaging protocols.

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Patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation

Highlights the clinical and radiographic presentation of giant left atrium syndrome in patients with rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation.

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Raffa et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87c1c8e9ff8443d248ee9bhttps://doi.org/10.2459/jcm.0b013e32834a65b1
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