Jenni R, Goebel N, Schneider L, Krayenbühl H P
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1981 Oct 17;111(42):1565-72.
In a 53-year-old woman with cardiomegaly and atrial fibrillation, cineangiography revealed idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium and mitral valve prolapse. Two-dimensional echocardiography was carried out in the entire family, which lives in the northeastern part of Switzerland. In 2 of the 4 siblings of the proposita, idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium, mitral valve prolapse and supraventricular rhythm disturbances were found. In one child of the patient with the largest right atrium, idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium associated with mitral valve prolapse was also present. To our knowledge this is the first report on familial occurrence of idiopathic enlargement of the right atrium accompanied by mitral valve prolapse.
在一名患有心脏肥大和心房颤动的53岁女性中，心血管造影显示右心房特发性扩大和二尖瓣脱垂。对居住在瑞士东北部的整个家族进行了二维超声心动图检查。在先证者的4个兄弟姐妹中，有2人发现右心房特发性扩大、二尖瓣脱垂和室上性心律失常。在右心房最大的患者的一个孩子中，也存在与二尖瓣脱垂相关的右心房特发性扩大。据我们所知，这是关于家族性右心房特发性扩大伴二尖瓣脱垂的首次报告。
