title: Congenital Gerbode Defect in a Patient With an Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock Masquerading as an Acute Ventricular Septal Defect.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vizzari
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pizzino
authors.affiliation: Aurora Medical Group-Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Crouch
authors.affiliation: Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Khawaja Afzal
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.affiliation: Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Abraham-Rami
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.affiliation: Aurora Cardiovascular Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: publishing22@aurora.org.
authors.forename: Bijoy K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Khandheria
authors.affiliation: Clinical Anesthesiology Medical College of Wisconsin, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Gerbode; acute myocardial infarction complications; congenital heart disease; left-to-right shunt; transesophageal echocardiography; ventricular septal defect