title: Post-operative left ventricular to right atrial shunt: detection by colour Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: A 24-yr-old man, who underwent combined mitral and aortic valve replacements for rheumatic valvar heart disease, was detected to have a left ventricular to right atrial fistula 3 months after surgery on routine cross-sectional and colour Doppler echocardiography. This complication of valve replacement is reported because of its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwala
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors