Gargantuan Left Atrium: A Sequela of Mitral Regurgitation and Mitral Stenosis |
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| Authors: | Brian T Omslaer BA |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Center for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging, The Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;2. Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography revealed a gargantuan left atrium measuring 18.9 cm × 15.7 cm × 11.3 cm in a 56‐year‐old patient diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis, severe pulmonary hypertension, and permanent atrial fibrillation. A chest x‐ray also revealed a cardiothoracic ratio approaching 1.0 and a transthoracic echocardiogram measured diameters as large as 19.2 cm. The patient then underwent mitral valve replacement and left atrial reduction surgery and has had no further admissions or complications. |
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| Keywords: | left atrium mitral stenosis mitral regurgitation cardiac MRI echocardiography |
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