Left ventricular-right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) following mitral valve replacement.
We report a case of left ventricular-right atrial communication in a 51-year-old patient following mitral valve replacement. Transesophageal echocardiography was used to make the diagnosis, and the communication was closed surgically using pledgeted sutures. The surgical management of such defects is discussed.
Amirghofran
Ahmad Ali
AA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Emaminia
Abbas
A
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications