GERBODE DEFECT LEADING TO A DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOCARDITIS

Uncommon acquired Gerbode defect following extensive bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis

Gerbode defect is a rare type of left ventricle to right atrium shunt. It is usually congenital in origin, but acquired cases are also described, mainly following infective endocarditis, valve replacement, trauma or acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 50-year-old man who suffered an extensive and complex infective endocarditis involving a bicuspid aortic valve, the mitral-aortic ...

Mirror-image Gerbode defect?

dent and additive prognostic value of right ventricular systolic function and pulmonary artery pressure in patients with chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;37:183–8. 43. Meluzin J, Spinarova L, Hude P, Krejcı́ J, Kincl V, Panovský R et al. Prognostic importance of various echocardiographic right ventricular functional parameters in patients with symptomatic heart failure. J Am Soc Ech...

Acquired Gerbode defect following endocarditis of the tricuspid valve: a case report and literature review

The Gerbode's defect is a communication between the left ventricle and right atrium. It is usually congenital, but rarely is acquired, as a complication of endocarditis, myocardial infarction, trauma, or after previous cardiac surgery. The acquired Gerbode defect with involvement of the tricuspid valve acquired after bacterial endocarditis can be challenging to repair. We present a rare case of...

Unusual presentation of Gerbode defect.

Multimodality imaging of a Gerbode defect.

A 76-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement was referred for echocardiography for routine postoperative evaluation. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed evidence of an intracardiac shunt between the left ventricle (LV) and the right atrium (RA) (Figure 1A). A transesophageal echocardiogram confirmed the presence of an LV to RA shunt consistent with a Gerbode defect (Figure 1...