Diagnosis and Management of a Unique Iatrogenic Biatrial Gerbode Defect

Overview

Journal Case Rep Anesthesiol

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Anesthesiology

Date 2022 Jul 28

PMID 35898431

Authors

Karim Shuaib

Giacomo Scorsese

Christopher Seiter

Eric Zabirowicz

Jeremy Poppers

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Abstract

The Gerbode defect was first described in the late 1950s as a congenital peri-membranous ventricular septal defect (VSD), resulting in a left to right ventriculoatrial shunt. We present a case of a patient with restenosis of a prior bioprosthetic aortic valve (AV) who underwent reoperative AV replacement (AVR), which was complicated by a unique iatrogenic Gerbode defect with concurrent LV-LA communication. Our case highlights the unique complications resulting from ventriculoatrial shunts, with consideration paid to the management of ventriculoatrial defects described.

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