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May 10, 2021RA Journal Of Applied ResearchOpen Access

Giant Left Atrium in Rheumatic Mitral Disease: Beyond a Simple Adaptive Mechanism: A Case Report

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Population

A 47-year-old female patient with giant left atrium and rheumatic mitral disease

Design

Case report

Authors

SFSoumia FaidMohammed V University

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Implication

May support combined mitral procedures in giant left atrium; leaves open need for larger prospective confirmation.

Structured PICO

P
Population
1 47-year-old female patient with a history of rheumatic heart disease, severe mitral disease, permanent atrial fibrillation, and giant left atrium causing compression of adjacent intra-thoracic structures
I
Intervention
Mitral valve replacement with reduction of the enlarged sized left atrium
O
Outcome
Surgical success and clinical outcomes

Mitral valve replacement combined with left atrial reduction can be successfully performed in patients with giant left atrium due to rheumatic mitral disease.

Cite This Study

Soumia Faid (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87daab98852d5460e9552bhttps://doi.org/10.47191/rajar/v7i5.01
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