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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
; 7(1): 149-50, 2008 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18042564
RESUMO
We present a report of a postoperative left ventricular-right atrial (LV-RA) communication after aortic valve replacement. Such intracardiac defects are rare but encountered occasionally after valve surgery. The diagnosis was made by use of transesophageal echocardiography with echo-Doppler and color-flow imaging. Complications of LV-RA shunts and differential diagnosis are discussed.