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Transcatheter Closure of Acquired Left Ventricle-to-Right Atrium Shunt: First Case Report in an Infant and Review of the Literature

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Gerbode defect, a left ventricle to right atrium (LV-RA) communication, is usually congenital. Acquired LV-RA communications are rare and only few case reports of successful trans-catheter closure have been published though none of them were on infants. We hereby report a rare case of LV to RA shunt acquired following surgical repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). The defect was successfully closed percutaneously with an Amplatzer duct occluder. This is the first reported case of device closure of an acquired Gerbode defect in an infant.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Amir Dangol, Manish Bansal & Yasser Al-Khatib

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Dangol, A., Bansal, M. & Al-Khatib, Y. Transcatheter Closure of Acquired Left Ventricle-to-Right Atrium Shunt: First Case Report in an Infant and Review of the Literature. Pediatr Cardiol 34, 1258–1260 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0372-y

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