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Victor Eisenmenger first described the syndrome in 1897 in a patient who presented with [[dyspnea]] and [[cyanosis]] since infancy. Since then, advances in the medical treatment of [[pulmonary hypertension]] improved the survival of [[Eisenmenger's syndrome]]. | |||
== Classification == | == Classification == |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk, MD[2], Priyamavada Singh, MBBS [3];Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]
Overview
Eisenmenger's syndrome or Eisenmenger's reaction is defined as the process in which a left-to-right shunt in the heart causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, which leads to pulmonary hypertension, which finally causes increased pressures in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt. This right to left shunt causes the patient to become cyanotic. Thus, Eisenmenger's syndrome is said to develop when there is a pulmonary artery disease, right-to-left heart shunting and cyanosis.
Historical Perspective
Victor Eisenmenger first described the syndrome in 1897 in a patient who presented with dyspnea and cyanosis since infancy. Since then, advances in the medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension improved the survival of Eisenmenger's syndrome.