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Acquired Left Ventricular‐Right Atrial Communication Gerbode‐Type Defect
Author(s) -
Wasserman Scott M.,
Fann James I.,
Atwood J. Edwin,
Burdon Thomas A.,
Fadel Bahaa M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00067.x
Subject(s) - intracardiac injection , medicine , cardiology , endocarditis , population , hemodynamics , environmental health
Left ventricular‐right atrial (LV‐RA) communications are rare intracardiac defects, often congenital in nature and clinically apparent during childhood. Acquired LV‐RA shunts are encountered occasionally in the adult population as a result of a defect in the upper portion of the membranous ventricular septum. We describe the clinical and echocardiographic features of an elderly patient with an acquired LV‐RA communication in the setting of an aortic composite valve graft and endocarditis. We also review the anatomical features and hemodynamic consequences of such defects.