“Acquired” Left Ventricular-to-Right Atrial Shunt (Gerbode Defect) after Bacterial Endocarditis

AUTOR(ES)

Velebit, Vladimir

RESUMO

We present, with echocardiographic and intraoperative findings, a rare case of left ventricular-to-right atrial communication (Gerbode defect) after endocarditis associated with Staphylococcus aureus. (Tex Heart Inst J 1995;22:100-2)

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