title: "Acquired" left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt (Gerbode defect) after bacterial endocarditis.
abstract: 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)
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Hôpital de la Tour, Meyrin, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velebit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schöneberger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciaroni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maurice
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Christenson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simonet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmuziger
mesh_terms: 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