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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(2):314-315; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.010
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiography. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Echocardiographic diagnosis of left ventricular–right atrial communication (Gerbode-type defect) in an adult with chronic renal failure: A case report

Serpil Eroglu*, Elif Sade, Huseyin Bozbas, Bahar Pirat, Aylin Yildirir and Haldun Muderrisoglu

University of Baskent, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Maresal Fevzi Cakmak, Cad. 10. sok No:45, 06490 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey

Received 1 November 2006; accepted after revision 26 November 2006.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +90 312 212 68 68; fax: +90 312 223 86 97. E-mail address: serpileroglu{at}gmail.com (S. Eroglu).


  Abstract

Left ventricular–right atrial communication, known as a Gerbode-type defect, is a rare form of ventricular septal defect. It is usually congenital, but rarely acquired. Clinical presentation is associated with the volume of the shunt. Transthoracic echocardiography is the most useful diagnostic method. We present a 63-year-old man with chronic renal failure and left ventricular–right atrial shunt.

Keywords: Ventricular septal defect; Gerbode; Echocardiography


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