Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature
A Gerbode defect is a very rare congenital anomaly which presents as a direct or an indirect type. We report a 4 month old Nigerian child who presented with poor feeding and failure to thrive and whose echocardiography confirmed an indirect Gerbode with a direct left ventricle to right atrial shunt...
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| description | A Gerbode defect is a very rare congenital anomaly which presents as a direct or an indirect type. We report a 4 month old Nigerian child who presented with poor feeding and failure to thrive and whose echocardiography confirmed an indirect Gerbode with a direct left ventricle to right atrial shunt due to adherent leaflets of the tricuspid valve. This was confirmed by surgery done outside the country. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d77a479bb06c412bb873f1a2b2d5a6a52025-02-03T01:29:04ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122013-01-01201310.1155/2013/564786564786Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the LiteratureBarbara E. Otaigbe0Douye Orubide1Paediatric Care Hospital, 8c Elelenwon Street, GRA Phase 2, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NigeriaPaediatric Care Hospital, 8c Elelenwon Street, GRA Phase 2, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NigeriaA Gerbode defect is a very rare congenital anomaly which presents as a direct or an indirect type. We report a 4 month old Nigerian child who presented with poor feeding and failure to thrive and whose echocardiography confirmed an indirect Gerbode with a direct left ventricle to right atrial shunt due to adherent leaflets of the tricuspid valve. This was confirmed by surgery done outside the country.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/564786 |
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| title | Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Rare Presentation of Gerbode Defect in a 4-Month-Old Nigerian and a Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | rare presentation of gerbode defect in a 4 month old nigerian and a review of the literature |
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