Successful Percutaneous Closure of Gerbode Defect and Right Atrial-Aortic Fistula Following Infective Endocarditis

Overview

Journal JACC Case Rep

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2024 Jul 15

PMID 39006409

Authors

Muhammad Samsoor Zarak

Sulaiman Rathore

Raj K Bose

Rajesh Janardhanan

Dexter DeLeon

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Abstract

We report a case of infective endocarditis with a septal abscess that was complicated with abnormal blood flow from the left ventricle to the right atrium (Gerbode defect) along with abnormal blood flow from the aorta to the right atrium (atrial-aortic fistula). This is the first reported case of successful correction of both defects by a percutaneous approach.

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