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Rheumatic mitral stenosis and severe tricuspid regurgitation resulted in an unusual giant right atrium in a 58-year-old woman.
Highlights a rare presentation of a giant right atrium secondary to rheumatic valvular heart disease.
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May alert clinicians to giant right atrium in rheumatic valvular disease; leaves open its prevalence and management implications.
Dilation and hypertrophy of the atria occur in patients with valvular heart disease especially in mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis or tricuspid abnormalities. In sub-saharan Africa, rheumatic fever is still the leading cause of valvular heart disease. We report a case of an unusual giant right atrium in context of rheumatic stenosis and severe tricuspid regurgitation in a 58-year-old woman.
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Anzouan-Kacou et al. (2011) studied this question. Rheumatic mitral stenosis and severe tricuspid regurgitation resulted in an unusual giant right atrium in a 58-year-old woman.
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