Unusual Giant Right Atrium in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Tricuspid Insufficiency | Zendy

Jean Baptiste Anzouan-Kacou | Zendy; C. Konin | Zendy; I. Coulibaly | Zendy; Roland N’Guetta | Zendy; Anicet Adoubi | Zendy; E. Soya | Zendy; B. Boka | Zendy

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Unusual Giant Right Atrium in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Tricuspid Insufficiency

Author(s) -

Jean Baptiste Anzouan-Kacou,

C. Konin,

I. Coulibaly,

Roland N’Guetta,

Anicet Adoubi,

E. Soya,

B. Boka

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2011/762873

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , tricuspid stenosis , tricuspid insufficiency , stenosis , mitral regurgitation , regurgitation (circulation) , context (archaeology) , rheumatic fever , tricuspid valve , paleontology , biology

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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