title: Perimembranous ventricular septal defect and Gerbode defect.
abstract: A 27-year-old male presented with a known history of congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD). A Gerbode-type defect was discovered intraoperatively that was originally misinterpreted as pulmonary hypertension. The case report will review the Gerbode defect and the transesophageal echocardiography findings. It is important, in patients with history of perimembranous VSD, to consider Gerbode-type defect when the tricuspid regurgitation jet velocity is high.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. adolfobl@usc.edu
authors.forename: Adolfo A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haddy
authors.forename: Craig J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography