title: How to prevent echocardiographic misinterpretation of Gerbode type defect as pulmonary arterial hypertension.
abstract: We present a rare case of left ventricular to right atrial communication, a Gerbode type defect discovered in an adult female, originally misinterpreted as pulmonary arterial hypertension. The case report will be followed by the review of the literature and a discussion about how to prevent echocardiographic misinterpretation of this defect as pulmonary arterial hypertension using careful echocardiographic examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Faramarz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tehrani
authors.forename: Mohammad-Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Movahed
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged