'Acquired' left ventricular to right atrial shunt after mitral valve replacement: detection by transthoracic colour Doppler echocardiography.
Left ventricular to right atrial communications are rare types of ventricular septal defects usually of congenital origin. A case of an iatrogenic shunt between the left ventricle and the right atrium as a rare complication of mitral valve replacement is reported.
Uslu
Nevzat
N
Cardiology Department, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey. drnuslu@yahoo.com
Kayacioglu
Ilyas
I
Ates
Mehmet
M
Eren
Mehmet
M
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation