CORE
🇺🇦
make metadata, not war
Services
Services overview
Explore all CORE services
Access to raw data
API
Dataset
FastSync
Content discovery
Recommender
Discovery
OAI identifiers
OAI Resolver
Managing content
Dashboard
Bespoke contracts
Consultancy services
Support us
Support us
Membership
Sponsorship
Community governance
Advisory Board
Board of supporters
Research network
About
About us
Our mission
Team
Blog
FAQs
Contact us
A rare ventricular septal defect: a case repor
Authors
Agostinelli A
Ardissino D
+4 more
Bontardelli F
Notarangelo MF
Taliani U
Vignali L
Publication date
1 January 2013
Publisher
Doi
Cite
Abstract
Left ventricular-right atrial communications, known collectively as the Gerbode defect, are rare types of ventricular septal defects. Acquired forms of this defect have been described as a complication of cardiac surgery, bacterial endocarditis, chest trauma, or myocardial infarction. Diagnosis of this rare defect is challenging, but can be confirmed with echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Until 6 years ago, these communications were corrected only surgically, often with relatively high mortality. However, few case reports of transcatheter closures of the defects have recently been reported with excellent results. We describe a 69-year-old patient with left ventricular-right atrial communication secondary to mitral valve surgery. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal and real-time three-dimensional echocardiography. The defect was closed percutaneously using an Amplatzer device. At follow-up, there was no residual flow and the patient improved clinically.© 2013 Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
Similar works
Full text
Available Versions
Archivio istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi di Parma
See this paper in CORE
Go to the repository landing page
Download from data provider
oai:air.unipr.it:11381/2883640
Last time updated on 11/10/2022