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What are the classical features of a mitral heart?
1. Cardiomegaly 2. Double right hear border (enlarged left atrium and normal right atrium) 3. Prominent left atrial appendage 4. Splaying of the subcarinal angle (> 120 degrees)
What is the usual cause of mitral stenosis and so a mitral heart?
Post rheumatic fever. Hence, why in in many countries it now uncommonly observed.
Cardiomegaly
Double right heart border
Widening of the sub-carinal angle
Prominent left atrial appendage
Pericardial calcification
Median sternotomy and MVR