'Acquired' left ventricular to right atrial shunt after mitral valve replacement: detection by transthoracic colour Doppler echocardiography.

摘要

Left ventricular to right atrial communications are rare types of ventricular septal defects usually of congenital origin. A case of an iatrogenic shunt between the left ventricle and the right atrium as a rare complication of mitral valve replacement is reported.