"Acquired" left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt (Gerbode defect) after bacterial endocarditis.
We present, with echocardiographic and intraoperative findings, a rare case of left ventricular-to-right atrial communication (Gerbode defect) after endocarditis associated with Staphylococcus aureus. (Tex Heart Inst J 1995;22:100-2)
Velebit
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Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.
Schöneberger
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Ciaroni
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Bloch
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Maurice
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Christenson
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Simonet
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Schmuziger
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D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013536:Suture Techniques