title: Acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication caused by infective endocarditis detected by transesophageal echocardiography: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication due to infective endocarditis was diagnosed in a 64-year-old patient by transesophageal echocardiography and confirmed by cardiac catheterization. The patient was initially treated medically and then referred for corrective surgery.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute Sheba Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elian
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Di Segni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaplinsky
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vered
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged