Gerbode's defect resulting from infective endocarditis.
We present a report of a Gerbode's defect (left ventricular-right atrial communication) resulting from bacterial endocarditis in a 63-year-old man. Also presented is a brief overview of the literature and a possible preoperative echocardiographic diagnostic criterion relating to this unusual condition.
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Cardiothoracic Center, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK. nelson.a@bigfoot.com
Dhital
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Chambers
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Shabbo
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D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005402:Fistula / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous