Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular-right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) in an adult with chronic renal failure: a case report.
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.
Eroglu
Serpil
S
University of Baskent, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Maresal Fevzi Cakmak, Cad. 10. sok No:45, 06490 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey. serpileroglu@gmail.com
Sade
Elif
E
Bozbas
Huseyin
H
Pirat
Bahar
B
Yildirir
Aylin
A
Muderrisoglu
Haldun
H
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