European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 17, 2005
European Heart Journal 2006 27(2):200; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi521
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Striking left atrial enlargement as a consequence of mitral valve disease
Department of Cardiology 6N-120, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: r.nijveldt@vumc.nl
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A 76-year-old woman was referred to our imaging department for evaluation of known mitral valve stenosis (MVS). The patient had been diagnosed as