A congenital direct Gerbode defect in a 2-year-old girl
- Du Bowen,
- Kai Bai,
- Peng fei Wu,
- Ya Nan Lu,
- Kun Sun
Kai Bai
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Author ProfilePeng fei Wu
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Author ProfileYa Nan Lu
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Author ProfileKun Sun
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Author ProfileAbstract
The Gerbode defect is a special type of ventricle septum defect causing
a communication between the left ventricle and right atrium. In this
article, we present a rare case of 2-year-old congenital Gerbode defect.
The location of this defect was special, just at the interventricular
septum between the tricuspid and mitral valve. She underwent the closure
of the defect with an autologous pericardial patch in station of mild
hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.