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Asymptomatic Giant Left Atrium

Author(s) -

Funk Michael,

Perez Margarita,

Santana Orlando

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1932-8737

pISSN - 0160-9289

DOI - 10.1002/clc.20736

Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , asymptomatic , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , chest pain , left atrium , left atrial enlargement , regurgitation (circulation) , dysphagia , mitral valve , atrial fibrillation , surgery , sinus rhythm

Giant left atria (GLA) is a condition where the left atrial diameter exceeds 65 mm. 1 It is closely related to rheumatic mitral valve regurgitation or mixed mitral disease with predominant regurgitation and tends not to occur in patients with mitral regurgitation due to other causes. 2 The majority of patients are symptomatic with the most common symptoms being that of shortness of breath, dysphagia, palpitations, chest pain, and thromboembolic events. 3 Massive asymptomatic enlargement of the left atrium is a rare entity. We present such a case. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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