Left Atrial Reduction and Mitral Valve Replacement in a 5-Year-Old Girl with Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Giant Left Atrium

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Shah ◽  
N.M. Sankar ◽  
K.M. Cherian
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-44
Author(s):  
Istiaq Ahmed ◽  
Sorower Hossain ◽  
Ankan Kumar Paul

A trans-thoracic echocardiography and chest radiograph of a 26 year old lady diagnosed as rheumatic mitral regurgitation with atrial fibrillation revealed a giant left atrium of 10.9 cm size with symptoms of dyspnoea and palpitation. The patient was treated with left atrial size reduction along with mitral valve replacement surgery and showed an excellent and quick recovery with total disappearance of symptoms and restoration of sinus rhythm only within few days.University Heart Journal Vol. 14, No. 1, Jan 2018; 42-44


2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Goel ◽  
Nainar Madhu Sankar ◽  
Sethurathinam Rajan ◽  
Kotturathu Mammen Cherian

A 16-year-old girl presented with an episode of syncope. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed masses in the left atrium and left ventricle with severe mitral regurgitation. She underwent removal of myxomas and mitral valve replacement using an extended biatrial approach.


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Author(s):  
Tadashi Isomura ◽  
Kouichi Hisatomi ◽  
Akio Hirano ◽  
Hiroshi Maruyama ◽  
Kenichi Kosuga ◽  
...  

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pp. 151-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
G DIEUSANIO ◽  
R GREGORINI ◽  
A MAZZOLA ◽  
G CLEMENTI ◽  
B PROCACCINI ◽  
...  

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pp. 1337-1340
Author(s):  
Jose R. Navas-Blanco ◽  
Stephanie A. Cook ◽  
Carlos Guerra-Londono ◽  
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Joseph A. Sanders ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
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S. Clay Risk ◽  
Michael N. D'Ambra ◽  
Brian Griffin ◽  
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