Highlights a severe complication (giant left atrium) of unmonitored, long-standing rheumatic heart disease.
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Alerts clinicians to giant left atrium risk in untreated rheumatic heart disease; extends case literature but leaves management questions open.
A man in his 50s presented with worsening dyspnoea and irregular heartbeat. The patient was previously diagnosed to have rheumatic heart disease 15 years back, but was lost to follow-up. The chest ...
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