LEFT VENTRICULAR TO RIGHT ATRIAL COMMUNICATION DUE TO BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN A YOUNG PATIENT
NAZİK AŞILIOĞLU *
Division of Pediatric Critical Care, School of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
SERAP ATA
Department of Pediatrics, Hitit University Education and Research Hospital, Çorum, Turkey
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Left ventricular-right atrial shunts also known as Gerbode defects are rare and can be either congenital or acquired. A case is here presented of an acquired Gerbode defect discovered in a previously healthy young patient after an episode of endocarditis associated with Staphylococcus aureus infection. Gerbode-type defect due to bacterial endocarditis in childhood is even more rare, it has been recorded few times to our knowledge.
Keywords: Gerbode defect, endocarditis, Staphylococcus aureus