Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Barbara Otaigbe,

Douye Orubide

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2090-6412

pISSN - 2090-6404

DOI - 10.1155/2013/564786

Subject(s) - ventricle , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , failure to thrive , tricuspid valve , cardiology , shunt (medical) , pediatrics , surgery

A Gerbode defect is a very rare congenital anomaly which presents as a direct or an indirect type. We report a 4 month old Nigerian child who presented with poor feeding and failure to thrive and whose echocardiography confirmed an indirect Gerbode with a direct left ventricle to right atrial shunt due to adherent leaflets of the tricuspid valve. This was confirmed by surgery done outside the country.

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