Giant left atrium and mitral valve disease: early and late results of surgical treatment in 40 cases. The Journal of cardiovascular surgery. [J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)] Journal article

Title	Giant left atrium and mitral valve disease: early and late results of surgical treatment in 40 cases.
Author(s)	Piccoli GP, Massini C, Di Eusanio G, Ballerini L, Iacobone G, Soro A, Palminiello A
Source	J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1984 Jul-Aug; 25(4):328-36.
MeSH	Adolescent Adult Aged Cardiomegaly Cardiopulmonary Bypass Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Atria Heart Valve Prosthesis Hemodynamic Processes Humans Male Middle Aged Mitral Valve Mitral Valve Insufficiency Postoperative Complications Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
Abstract	Forty consecutive patients undergoing mitral valve replacement with a giant left atrium, form the basis of this report. Two groups could be identified: (a) isolated giant left atrium (11 cases); (b) combined left and right atrial enlargement (29 cases). Tricuspid regurgitation was only detected in the latter group. The early hospital mortality was 20% and was related to the pulmonary arterial systolic pressure. A giant left atrium increased the operative mortality from 7% to 20% among patients submitted to mitral valve replacement in our unit (p less than 0.05).
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Journal Article
PubMed ID	6237112

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