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==Eisenmenger syndrome== | ==Eisenmenger syndrome== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
Definition:<ref name=pmid19416617>{{cite journal |author=Jensen AS, Iversen K, Vejlstrup NG, Hansen PB, Sondergaard L |title=[Eisenmenger syndrome] |language=Danish |journal=Ugeskr. Laeg. |volume=171 |issue=15 |pages=1270-5 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19416617 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Definition - all of the following:<ref name=pmid19416617>{{cite journal |author=Jensen AS, Iversen K, Vejlstrup NG, Hansen PB, Sondergaard L |title=[Eisenmenger syndrome] |language=Danish |journal=Ugeskr. Laeg. |volume=171 |issue=15 |pages=1270-5 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19416617 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
#[[Pulmonary arterial hypertension]]. | |||
#Right-to-left shunt (that was initially left-to-right). | |||
#Cyanosis. | |||
====Causes==== | ====Causes==== | ||
*ASD - rarely causes Eisenmenger syndrome. | *ASD - rarely causes Eisenmenger syndrome. | ||
*VSD. | *[[VSD]]. | ||
*Extra-cardiac shunt. | *Extra-cardiac shunt. | ||
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End-stage disease:<ref name=pmid12140128>{{cite journal |author=Daliento L, Rebellato L, Angelini A, ''et al.'' |title=Fatal outcome in Eisenmenger syndrome |journal=Cardiovasc. Pathol. |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=221-8 |year=2002 |pmid=12140128 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | End-stage disease:<ref name=pmid12140128>{{cite journal |author=Daliento L, Rebellato L, Angelini A, ''et al.'' |title=Fatal outcome in Eisenmenger syndrome |journal=Cardiovasc. Pathol. |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=221-8 |year=2002 |pmid=12140128 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Often characterized by fibrinoid [[necrosis]] of small pulmonary arterial vessels (arterioles & small arteries). | *Often characterized by fibrinoid [[necrosis]] of small pulmonary arterial vessels (arterioles & small arteries). | ||
=Right-to-left= | =Right-to-left= | ||