title: A rare type of Gerbode defect.
abstract: A Gerbode defect is a left ventricle to right atrial communication. The type I defect (direct, acquired) results in a direct shunt through the atrioventricular part of membranous septum, while a type II (indirect, congenital) defect results in an indirect shunt through a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and a defect in the septal tricuspid valve leaflet. We report a rare type of Gerbode defect wherein a small perimembranous VSD is completely covered by an elongated sail-like anterior tricuspid leaflet forming an aneurysm and directing the shunt into right atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. prashanthp_69@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panduranga
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukhaini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C006648:difebarbamate, febarbamate, phenobarbital drug combination; D010634:Phenobarbital