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Enormous bi-atrial enlargement in a persistent idiopathic atrial standstill
1Department of Cardiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
2Department of Physics, University of Trento and ITC Trento, Trento, Italy
3Department of Radiology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
4Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, Transplant Area, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: mpasotti72@yahoo.it
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A 62-year-old woman came to our clinical attention 21 years ago for non-cardiac problems. The clinical evaluation disclosed a persistent idiopathic atrial standstill (PIAS) with mitral incompetence. The family screening documented a