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Partial cardiac autotransplantation with multivalent surgery successfully treats giant left atrium at 1 year.
Partial cardiac autotransplantation combined with multiple valve procedures can be successfully performed for left atrial volume reduction in patients with a giant left atrium.
Demonstrates technical feasibility in giant left atrium; leaves open whether this extends outcomes beyond standard valve surgery.
We describe a case with left atrial volume reduction of a giant left atrium, treated successfully by partial cardiac autotransplantation, concomitant mitral and aortic valve replacement, and tricuspid valve plasty. We obtained good results at the 1-year follow-up.
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Pan et al. (2013) studied this question. Partial cardiac autotransplantation with concomitant mitral and aortic valve replacement and tricuspid plasty successfully treated a giant left atrium, yielding good results at 1-year follow-up.
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