Successful Percutaneous Closure of Gerbode Defect and Right Atrial-Aortic Fistula Following Infective Endocarditis

Muhammad Samsoor Zarak; Sulaiman Rathore; Raj K Bose; Rajesh Janardhanan; Dexter DeLeon

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102410

Successful Percutaneous Closure of Gerbode Defect and Right Atrial-Aortic Fistula Following Infective Endocarditis

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Jun 20;29(14):102410. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102410. eCollection 2024 Jul 17.

Authors

Muhammad Samsoor Zarak¹, Sulaiman Rathore², Raj K Bose³, Rajesh Janardhanan⁴, Dexter DeLeon²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
³ PIMA Heart and Vascular, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
⁴ Sarver Heart Center, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Abstract

We report a case of infective endocarditis with a septal abscess that was complicated with abnormal blood flow from the left ventricle to the right atrium (Gerbode defect) along with abnormal blood flow from the aorta to the right atrium (atrial-aortic fistula). This is the first reported case of successful correction of both defects by a percutaneous approach.

Keywords: Gerbode defect; atrial-aortic fistula; infective endocarditis; percutaneous approach; septal defects.

Publication types

Case Reports