Acquired left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt (Gerbode defect) due to infective endocarditis.
Left ventricular-to-right atrial communications are a rare type of ventricular septal defect, known as the Gerbode defect. They are usually congenital, but rare cases have been described secondary to bacterial endocarditis. The authors present a rare case of Gerbode defect and severe pericardial effusion secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis.
Cortez-Dias
Nuno
N
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal. cortezdias@yahoo.com
Varela
Manuel Gato
MG
Marques
João
J
Sargento
Luís
L
Martins
Susana
S
Ribeiro
Miguel Almeida
MA
Almeida
Ana G
AG
Diogo
A Nunes
AN
Lopes
Mário G
MG
D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*