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Right ventricular TDI diastolic parameters are abnormal in patients with RVMI. The method of recording the velocities and time intervals are simple and can be used to assess right ventricular diastolic function in patients with RVMI. (Echocardiography 2010;27:539-543).

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This case presents a young patient with myocardial infarction, in-situ thrombosis of left anterior descending coronary artery and right common-iliac artery due to primary antiphospholipid syndrome. This report discusses the relationship between antiphospholipid antibodies and coronary artery disease along with management of this rare condition.

A Gerbode defect is a left ventricle to right atrial communication. The type I defect (direct, acquired) results in a direct shunt through the atrioventricular part of membranous septum, while a type II (indirect, congenital) defect results in an indirect shunt through a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and a defect in the septal tricuspid valve leaflet. We report a rare type of Gerbode defect wherein a small perimembranous VSD is completely covered by an elongated sail-like anterior tricuspid leaflet forming an aneurysm and directing the shunt into right atrium.