Acquired left ventricular to right atrial intracardiac shunt after myocardial infarction: a case report and review of the literature

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1996 Sep-Oct;9(5):716-20. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(96)90070-x.

Abstract

A patient without a history of heart disease was seen in our institution after 3-week history of progressive weakness, dyspnea, and orthopnea. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated inferoposterobasal akinesis and a left ventricular to right atrial shunt through the coronary sinus, which was confirmed on cardiac catheterization. This is only the second case reported in the English-language literature documenting this rare shunt after a myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Echocardiography*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Tricuspid Valve