Gerbode-type defect

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...

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...

Successful device closure in a congenital Gerbode defect

A 22-year-old man was admitted to our department due to mild exertional dyspnea for 2 months. He had no other cardiac symptoms and his medical history was unremarkable. 4/6 systolic murmur was heard at the left sternal border and at the apex. Electrocardiogram revealed sinus rhythm with negative T waves in leads V1 to V4. Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (2D TTE) revealed a clear ...

Gerbode ventricular septal defect diagnosed using cardiac CTA imaging

This report describes the ability of computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging of the heart to visualize an acquired shunt between the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and the right atrium (RA) (Gerbode defect). Previously, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been the mainstay of diagnosis. To the best of our knowledge, the use of cardiac CTA imaging to visualize and diagnose th...