A case report of left ventricular-right atrial communication due to infective endocarditis
Yoshikai, M.; Hoshino, S.; Tokunaga, H.; Takemura, T.; Tozuka, N.; Yoshioka, J.
Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai 41(1): 126-130
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-4739 PMID: 8459132 Document Number: 414247
Left ventricular-right atrial communication is a rare lesion and its etiology is almost exclusively congenital. A case of a 48-year-old woman with left ventricular right atrial communication due to infective endocarditis was presented. The communication was located at the atrioventricular portion of the membranous septum, i.e., supravalvular type, and was closed directly with mattress suture. Aortic valve replacement with 21 mm St. Jude Medical prosthesis was performed simultaneously. The postoperative course was uneventful. This complicated lesion should be surgically managed as soon as the diagnosis is confirmed.