Korean Circ J.  2013 Jun;43(6):429-431. 10.4070/kcj.2013.43.6.429.

Percutaneous Closure of the Acquired Gerbode Shunt Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder in a 3-Month Old Patient

• Lee SY
• Song JY
• Baek JS

• KMID: 2224907
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2013.43.6.429

Abstract

The Gerbode shunt, known as the left ventricle to the right atrial communication, is a rather rare finding, following surgical closure of septal defects. Even though the surgical closure is accepted as a treatment of choice, we report a successful percutaneous transcatheter closure of the Gerbode shunt in a 3-months old baby who weighed 3 kilograms.

Keyword

Heart septal defect; Septal occluder device

MeSH Terms

Heart Septal Defects
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Septal Occluder Device

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A large amount of shunt from the left ventricular to the right atrium in transthoracic echocardiography.

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  Fig. 2 The left ventriculography on the four-chamber view before (A) and after device closure (B) by using 5-4 mm Amplatzer duct occluder.

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  Fig. 3 The chest X-ray before (A) and after device closure (B).

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