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Case Reports
. 2003 May;23(5):844-6.
doi: 10.1016/s1010-7940(03)00048-4.

Gerbode's defect resulting from infective endocarditis

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Gerbode's defect resulting from infective endocarditis

N Alphonso et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 May.

Abstract

We present a report of a Gerbode's defect (left ventricular-right atrial communication) resulting from bacterial endocarditis in a 63-year-old man. Also presented is a brief overview of the literature and a possible preoperative echocardiographic diagnostic criterion relating to this unusual condition.

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