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European Journal of Echocardiography 2007 8(6):494-497; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.07.014
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Copyright © 2007, The European Society of Cardiology

How to prevent echocardiographic misinterpretation of Gerbode type defect as pulmonary arterial hypertension

Faramarz Tehrania and Mohammad-Reza Movahedb,*

aDepartment of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
bSarver Heart Center, University of Arizona Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA

Received 16 May 2006; received in revised form 17 July 2006; accepted after revision 26 July 2006.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 520 626 2000; fax: +1 949 400 0091. rmovahed{at}email.arizona.edu rmova{at}aol.com


  Abstract

We present a rare case of left ventricular to right atrial communication, a Gerbode type defect discovered in an adult female, originally misinterpreted as pulmonary arterial hypertension. The case report will be followed by the review of the literature and a discussion about how to prevent echocardiographic misinterpretation of this defect as pulmonary arterial hypertension using careful echocardiographic examination.

Keywords: Gerbode type defect; Pulmonary hypertension; Echocardiography; Ventricular septal defect


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