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Enlargement of the Left Atrium Strongly Predicts Postoperative Mortality Following Heart Valve Surgery.

Khalid S IbrahimKhalid Ahmed KheirallahMahmoud A Megdadi
Published in: Vascular health and risk management (2022)
Enlargement of the left atrium has been studied extensively as a predictor of mortality and morbidity in different clinical situations, to the extent that some authors suggest adding it to risk stratification models. In this study, left atrial size >4 cm was found to strongly predict mortality after rheumatic heart valve surgery.
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