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Wall-to-wall heart – The largest left atrium ever reported

Authors :
Saikat Bhattacharjee
Shikha Awasthi
Prashant Jambunathan
Preema Sinha
Prateek
Source :
Journal of Marine Medical Society, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 92-94 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021.

Abstract

A 59-year-old male patient presented with a history of dyspnea on exertion for the past 10 years, which was gradually progressive in nature. The patient had orthopnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea for the past few months. On evaluation, he was found to have cardiomegaly and a giant left atrium. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the heart showed the left atrium to be enlarged to a dimension of 20.7 cm which, as of the time of writing, is the largest ever reported.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09753605
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Marine Medical Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3fc495d188449bb95b35ed12be89aa4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4103/jmms.jmms_68_19