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Uncommon acquired Gerbode defect following extensive bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis

Gerbode defect is a rare type of left ventricle to right atrium shunt. It is usually congenital in origin, but acquired cases are also described, mainly following infective endocarditis, valve replacement, trauma or acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 50-year-old man who suffered an e...

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Autores principales: Dores, Hélder, Abecasis, João, Ribeiras, Regina, Neves, José Pedro, Mendes, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22360824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-7