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This report presents a case with severe dilation of both atria and giant pulmonary veins manifested with atrial fibrillation. The following cardiac magnetic resonance findings are highly suggestive of restrictive physiology: E/A ratio greater than two, prominent A wave across the pulmonary veins and inferior vena cava, and more interestingly, a triphasic flow across the mitral and tricuspid valves.
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Kozak, M.F., Alariefy, M., Kirsh, J.A. et al. Triphasic Mitral and Tricuspid Flows: A Sign of Diastolic Dysfunction in a Young Patient With Severely Dilated Atria and Giant Pulmonary Veins. Pediatr Cardiol 34, 1979–1981 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0521-3
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