Eisenmenger syndrome

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A condition that is caused by pulmonary hypertension associated with a congenital defect between the two circulations so that a reversed, right-to-left shunt results.

Eisenmenger

German physician (1864-1932).

Eisenmenger complex

interventricular septal defect.

Eisenmenger syndrome

the clinical syndrome caused by the Eisenmenger complex, a ventricular septal defect with pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis due to right-to-left (reversed) shunt of blood. Sometimes defined as pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary vascular disease) and cyanosis with the shunt being at the atrial, ventricular, or great vessel area. Characterized by exercise intolerance, cyanosis, anasarca, palpable thrill and auscultatable cardiac murmur.

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