FIGURE LEGENDS
Figure 1 . A: Thorax CT computerized tomography view shows esophageal compression site (Black arrow), LA: Left atrium, *: Esophagus, B: Illustration of atrial plication lines, C: Intraoperative picture of atrial plication lines after mitral valve replacement, D: Postoperative 5th day transthoracic echocardiography, first and second dotted lines are diameters of the left atrium, LA: Left atrium, RA: Right atrium, LV: Left Ventricule, RV: Right Ventricule, CS: Coronary sinus.
Figure 2 : Three-dimensional computerized tomography angiography images, Ao: Aorta, LA: Left atrium, PA: Pulmonary vein. A: Preoperative, B: Postoperative