Publications by authors named "F Sula"
Article Synopsis
- - Patients with portable cardiac devices face a high risk of serious infections and neurological complications, despite being monitored and anticoagulated.
- - A middle-aged patient with heart failure and a ventricular assist device developed signs of infection and neurological issues, confirmed through CT scans and blood cultures.
- - The patient was successfully treated for these complications and emphasized the need for greater awareness and adherence to monitoring guidelines for patients with external heart devices.
Gerbode defect following endocarditis and misinterpreted as severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Cardiovasc Ultrasound
September 2010
A Gerbode-type defect is a ventricular septal defect communicating directly between the left ventricle and right atrium. It is usually congenital, but rarely is acquired, as a complication of endocarditis. This can be anatomically possible because the normal tricuspid valve is more apically displaced than the mitral valve.
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