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==Eisenmenger syndrome== | ==Eisenmenger syndrome== | ||
===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:<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 with a | *[[Pulmonary arterial hypertension]] with a | ||
*Right-to-left shunt (that was initially left-to-right), and | *Right-to-left shunt (that was initially left-to-right), and | ||
*Cyanosis. | *Cyanosis. | ||
====Causes==== | |||
Causes | |||
*ASD - rarely causes Eisenmenger syndrome. | *ASD - rarely causes Eisenmenger syndrome. | ||
*VSD. | *VSD. | ||
*Extra-cardiac shunt. | *Extra-cardiac shunt. | ||
Note: Eisenmenger syndrome, by definition in some sources, is (only) due to a VSD. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
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). | |||
==Cor pulmonale== | ==Cor pulmonale== |
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