Extreme Right and Left Atrial Enlargement in a Patient With Rheumatic Valvular Disease and Mitral Mechanical Prosthesis | Zendy

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Extreme Right and Left Atrial Enlargement in a Patient With Rheumatic Valvular Disease and Mitral Mechanical Prosthesis

Author(s) -

Alberto GarcíaLledó,

Javier Balaguer

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.000418

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , prosthesis , emergency department , left atrial enlargement , mitral valve replacement , surgery , mitral valve , atrial fibrillation , psychiatry , sinus rhythm

A 75-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room because of increasing edema. She had previously been diagnosed with rheumatic mitral disease, which required surgery with implantation of a mechanical prosthesis in 2001. At that time, pulmonary hypertension was present, and during the follow-up, she developed severe tricuspid regurgitation. A single-chamber …

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