Giant left atrium in mitral stenosis
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Showkat Bhat; Ambika Sharma; Raj Kumar; Rahul Mehrotra
- Source
- Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 73-74 (2018)
- Subject
- giant left atrium
mitral regurgitation
mitral stenosis
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2543-1463
2543-1471
A 44-year-old male patient presented with breathlessness on exertion but no compressive symptoms. Transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography revealed a giant left atrium (LA) with severe mitral stenosis (MS) and mild mitral regurgitation (LA size 8.9 cm; LA volume 1133 ml). Giant LA has been variably described in literature, but there is no definition based on LA volume. A giant LA is rarely seen with MS.