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Eisenmenger syndrome or Eisenmenger's syndrome is defined as the process in which a long-standing left-to-right cardiac shunt caused by a congenital heart defect (typically by a ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, or less commonly, patent ductus arteriosus) causes pulmonary hypertension [1] [2] and eventual reversal of the shunt into a cyanotic right-to-left shunt.
Alcohol, diabetes, >40, rubella during pregnancy [5] Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, echocardiogram [6] Differential diagnosis: Transposition of the great arteries, Eisenmenger syndrome, Ebstein anomaly [7] Treatment: Open heart surgery [8] Frequency: 1 in 2,000 babies [4]
Complications of an uncorrected secundum ASD include pulmonary hypertension, right-sided congestive heart failure [7]. While pulmonary hypertension is unusual before 20 years of age, it is seen in 50% of individuals above the age of 40. Progression to Eisenmenger's syndrome occurs in 5 to 10% of individuals late in the disease process. [6]
Since the 1950s, as the understanding of heart and lung disease has evolved, Eisenmenger's syndrome is the name given to the situation in which a cardiac defect causes too much blood flow to the lungs, which in turn causes changes to the blood vessels in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) and a reversal of blood flow so that now there is ...
Larger defects may eventually be associated with pulmonary hypertension due to the increased blood flow. Over time this may lead to an Eisenmenger's syndrome the original VSD operating with a left-to-right shunt, now becomes a right-to-left shunt because of the increased pressures in the pulmonary vascular bed.
Complications of labour and delivery (1 C, 25 P) Pregnancy-related cutaneous conditions (27 P) D. ... Ectopic pregnancy; Eisenmenger syndrome; F. False pregnancy ...
Eisenmenger (German for "ironmonger") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Eisenmenger (1914–2002), German graphic designer; August Eisenmenger (1830–1907), Austrian painter; Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654–1704), German orientalist, Antisemite; Rudolf Eisenmenger (1902–1994), Austrian artist, painter
Complications can arise from the pressure change due to the fact that the right ventricle, which is adapted for pumping blood into the low-pressure pulmonary circulation, is being tasked with pumping blood at a much higher pressure against the high resistance of the systemic circulation, since it is now in the position of where the left ...