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Giant Left Atrium
- Source :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 14:443-444
- Publication Year :
- 1972
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1972.
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Abstract
- Giant left atrium is an unusual finding in mitral valve disease. The chief question about the enlarged atrium is whether to reduce its size by partial excision of its wall. Simple mathematical considerations suggest that partial excision offers no significant hemodynamic benefit.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Prosthetic valve
medicine.medical_specialty
Atrium (architecture)
business.industry
Anatomy
Giant left atrium
medicine.anatomical_structure
Internal medicine
Mitral valve
cardiovascular system
medicine
Cardiology
Surgery
cardiovascular diseases
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Partial excision
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00034975
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........60a04343e81e31d15832f2f8ff5a541f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(10)65251-4