title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular-right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) in an adult with chronic renal failure: a case report.
abstract: Left ventricular-right atrial communication, known as a Gerbode-type defect, is a rare form of ventricular septal defect. It is usually congenital, but rarely acquired. Clinical presentation is associated with the volume of the shunt. Transthoracic echocardiography is the most useful diagnostic method. We present a 63-year-old man with chronic renal failure and left ventricular-right atrial shunt.
authors.affiliation: University of Baskent, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Maresal Fevzi Cakmak, Cad. 10. sok No:45, 06490 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey. serpileroglu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eroglu
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sade
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bozbas
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pirat
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yildirir
authors.forename: Haldun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muderrisoglu
mesh_terms: D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged