RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Communication between the left ventricle and right atrium
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 473
OP 477
DO 10.1136/thx.22.5.473
VO 22
IS 5
A1 R. S. Barclay
A1 J. M. Reid
A1 E. N. Coleman
A1 J. G. Stevenson
A1 T. M. Welsh
A1 N. McSwan
YR 1967
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/22/5/473.abstract
AB A further 15 patients with left ventricular/right atrial communication are reported, 14 of whom were treated surgically. The clinical triad of a ventricular septal defect murmur, cardiac enlargement, and an arteriovenous shunt at atrial level is characteristic of the malformation. Of the 14 patients accorded surgical treatment, one died soon after operation. The remainder are well, with both the electrocardiographic signs of left ventricular hypertrophy and the radiographic evidence of cardiomegaly having undergone regression.