title: Left ventricular-right atrial communication complicated by aortic regurgitation.
abstract: We report a case of left ventricular-right atrial communication complicated by aortic valve incompetence in a 29-year-old man. The patient had a history of heart murmur during childhood. There were no clinical signs of infection. We performed plication of the aortic valve and patch closure of the left ventricular-right atrial communication under cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient improved immediately after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo. tokamura@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Fujio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibairi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D016896:Treatment Outcome