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*[[Emphysema]] | *[[Emphysema]] | ||
*[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] | *[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] | ||
*[[Hypercholesterolemia]] accelerates the stenotic process of the valves via [[calcification]] | |||
*Hypoplasia of mitral valve annulus which is a part of the spectrum of [[hypoplastic left heart syndrome]] | *Hypoplasia of mitral valve annulus which is a part of the spectrum of [[hypoplastic left heart syndrome]] | ||
*[[Infective endocarditis]] | *[[Infective endocarditis]] | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 17 April 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S. [2]
Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Left Atrial Enlargement
In alphabetical Order
- Alcoholism
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic stenosis
- Atrial fibrillation
- Atrial septal defect
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Congestive heart failure
- Emphysema
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Hypercholesterolemia accelerates the stenotic process of the valves via calcification
- Hypoplasia of mitral valve annulus which is a part of the spectrum of hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Infective endocarditis
- Ischemic mitral regurgitation
- Left atrial myxoma
- Left bundle branch block
- Mitral regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral valve annular calcification
- Mitral valve commissural fusion
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Obesity
- Papillary muscle rupture
- Parachute mitral valve
- Pneumonia
- Prosthetic mitral valve
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Supra-valve mitral membrane
- Systemic hypertension
- Thickened chordae tendinae
- Thrombus (ball valve thrombus) in left atrium