Acquired left ventricular-right atrial communication caused by infective endocarditis detected by transesophageal echocardiography: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Elian
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Heart Institute Sheba Medical Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Di Segni
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Kaplinsky
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Mohr
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Vered
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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