Open AccessEchocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular–right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) in an adult with chronic renal failure: A case report
Author(s) -
Serpil Eroğlu,
Leyla Elif Sade,
H BOZBAS,
Bahar Pirat,
Aylin Yı́ldı́rı́r,
Haldun Müderrisoğlu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.010
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , chronic renal failure , heart failure
Left ventricular-right atrial communication, known as a Gerbode-type defect, is a rare form of ventricular septal defect. It is usually congenital, but rarely acquired. Clinical presentation is associated with the volume of the shunt. Transthoracic echocardiography is the most useful diagnostic method. We present a 63-year-old man with chronic renal failure and left ventricular-right atrial shunt.
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