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Gerbode defect following endocarditis and misinterpreted as severe pulmonary arterial hypertension

A Gerbode -type defect is a ventricular septal defect communicating directly between the left ventricle and right atrium. It is usually congenital, but rarely is acquired, as a complication of endocarditis. This can be anatomically possible because the normal tricuspid valve is more apically displac...

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Autores principales: Xhabija, Nereida, Prifti, Edvin, Allajbeu, Iris, Sula, Fatmir
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20920293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-8-44