Unusual giant right atrium in rheumatic mitral stenosis and tricuspid insufficiency.
Case Rep Cardiol
; 2011: 762873, 2011.
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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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