Novel Technique for Volume Reduction of Giant Left Atrium: Simple and Effective “Spiral Resection” Method

Prediction of outcome after mitral valve replacement in patients with symptomatic chronic mitral regurgitation. The importance of left atrial size.

Dwayne Reed, Robert D. Abbott, Mark L. Smucker et al. · Circulation · 1991 · 172 citations · Full text

Surgical treatment of giant left atrium combined with mitral valvular disease. Plication procedure for reduction of compression to the left ventricle, bronchus, and pulmonary parenchyma.

Kohei Kawazoe, Shintaro Beppu, Yoshiharu Takahara et al. · PubMed · 1983 · 86 citations

Heart Failure, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Structural Heart Disease +14

Surgical treatment of giant left atrium combined with mitral valvular disease

Kohei Kawazoe, Shintaro Beppu, Yoshiharu Takahara et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1983 · 80 citations

Heart Failure, Surgical Treatment, Valve Disease +6

Combined superior-transseptal approach to the left atrium

Eric Berreklouw, Hüsamettin Ercan, Jacques P.A.M. Schönberger · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1991 · 65 citations

Heart Failure, Left Atrium, Surgery +3

Effective reduction of a giant left atrium by partial autotransplantation

A Lessana, Marcio Scorsin, C Scheublé et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1999 · 38 citations

Cardiac Xenotransplantation, Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Repair +5