"Acquired" left ventricular-to-right atrial shunt (Gerbode defect) after bacterial endocarditis.

Abstract

We present, with echocardiographic and intraoperative findings, a rare case of left ventricular-to-right atrial communication (Gerbode defect) after endocarditis associated with Staphylococcus aureus. (Tex Heart Inst J 1995;22:100-2)