%0 Journal Article
%T The Gerbode Defect: About 2 Cases
%A Amine Majdoub
%A Anas Elhafidi
%A Cedric Mutuale
%A Salaheddine Boulmakoul
%A Mohammed Messouak
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
%P 115-121
%@ 2164-3210
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcs.2020.107014
%X <b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Background</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Left ventricular to right
atrial communications (LV-RA) or the Gerbode defects are rare and complex types
of ventricular septal defect. Their clinical diagnosis is not specific.
However, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the main clue to identifying Gerbode defect comes
from</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Doppler-coupled echocardiography (TTE), and the tr</span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">eatment is mainly surgical. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Aim</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">We hereby
report our experience in</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> surgica</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">l </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">management of Gerbode defect through two</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> exceptional </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">congenital cases
(type 1 and type 2 of Gerbode defect). </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Case</span></b></span></span><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Presentation</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The diagnosis was </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">established in adult patients, the first case is a 27-year-old woman who
had </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dyspnea, and in whom the TTE
revealed LV-RA communication, with repercussions </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">on the right cavities.
The second case is a 23-year-old</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">man, with the concept of
statutory weight delay, consulted for progressive dyspnea; the TTE </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">initially revealed a very large perimembranous
ventricular defect associated </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">with
significant pulmonary hypertension. Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery was</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> done for a successful and complete correction. </span><b><span
%K Congenital Disease
%K Ventricular Septal Defect
%K Cardiopulmonary Bypass
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=101394