Successful device closure of an acquired Gerbode defect | Zendy

Trehan Vijay | Zendy; Ramakrishnan S. | Zendy; Goyal Naresh K. | Zendy

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Successful device closure of an acquired Gerbode defect

Author(s) -

Trehan Vijay,

Ramakrishnan S.,

Goyal Naresh K.

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

catheterization and cardiovascular interventions

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988

H-Index - 116

eISSN - 1522-726X

pISSN - 1522-1946

DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20896

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , closure (psychology) , surgery , heart septal defect , radiology , cardiology , market economy , economics

Left ventricle to right atrial communications, collectively known as Gerbode defects, are usually congenital defects and surgical closure remains the treatment of choice. We report a rare case of Gerbode defect acquired following surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect. The defect was successfully closed percutaneously with an Amplatzer ventricular septal occluder. The patient remained symptom free with optimal result on echo at 6 months of follow‐up. This is the first reported case of successful device closure of an acquired Gerbode defect. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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