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