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Appearance of Torrential Left to Right Intracardiac Shunt Following Erosion of Stenotic Pulmonary Valve
Author(s) -
Taylor R. R.,
Hopkins B. E.,
Nicholls T. T.,
Matz L. R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1971.tb02552.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , shunt (medical) , cardiology , coronary sinus , stenosis , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Summary: A 30‐year‐old patient had the complex of atrial septal defect, termination of left superior vena cava in left atrium and absence of coronary sinus together with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary valve stenosis. She was symptomatically well with balanced ventricular pressures and small bidirectional intracardiac shunt until erosion of the pulmonary valve occurred. This allowed large left to right shunt flow which induced intractable cardiac failure and led to her death.