Left atrial enlargement and mitral valve calcification

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: Elderly

The carina is splayed suggesting left atrial enlargement, further supported but prominence of the left atrial appendage. 

Left atrial enlargement and mitral valve calcification in keeping with mitral valvular disease. 

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