Giant Left Atrium Needed Negative Pressure Ventilation Erez Kachel, MD, Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Fuad Moussa, MD, Sergey Preisman, MD, Ehud Ranani, MD, Leonid Sternik, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 1, Pages 269-271 (January 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative chest roentgenogram showing massive cardiomegaly caused by left atrial enlargement. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 269-271DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Preoperative computed tomographic chest scan. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 269-271DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Operative technique. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 269-271DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Postoperative chest roentgenogram showing massive reduction in left atrial size. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 269-271DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Postperative computed tomographic chest scan. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 269-271DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.03.102) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions