Multiple complications of a well-known disease: a case report of acquired Gerbode defect after bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis.
Sara Couto PereiraPedro Silverio AntonioJoana RigueiraAna G AlmeidaPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)
Bicuspid aortic valve patients have a higher risk of infective endocarditis than the general population. Infective endocarditis may present with multiple complications, including systemic embolization and local perivalvular lesions. Acquired Gerbode defect is a rare complication of infective endocarditis where transoesophageal echocardiography plays an important role for small shunt detection before surgical intervention.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery