Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jan 2024)

Case Report: The woman with the big heart—an imaging-guided attempt of surgical reduction

  • Katharina Huenges,
  • Patrick Langguth,
  • Christina Grothusen,
  • Christina Grothusen,
  • Grischa Hoffmann,
  • Julia Kapahnke,
  • Assad Haneya,
  • Jörg Strotmann,
  • Jochen Cremer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2024.1263905
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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In a female patient with acute cardiac decompensation, an auxiliary finding of a giant left atrium emerged. The surgical therapy of the atrial reduction, in addition to a mitral valve replacement and a coronary artery bypass grafting, is hereby presented.

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