Left ventricular-right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) following mitral valve replacement

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran; Abbas Emaminia

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00877.x

Left ventricular-right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) following mitral valve replacement

J Card Surg. 2009 Jul-Aug;24(4):474-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00877.x.

Authors

Ahmad Ali Amirghofran¹, Abbas Emaminia

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

PMID: 19583624
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00877.x

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Fistula / etiology*
Fistula / surgery
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Heart Diseases / surgery
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery
Postoperative Complications*