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==Overview== | ==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. | '''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 | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Eisenmenger's syndrome was so named<ref>Wood, P. ''Pulmonary hypertension with special reference to the vasoconstrictive factor.'' Br Heart J 1958;20:557-570. PMID 13584643</ref> by Dr. Paul Wood after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described<ref>Eisenmenger V. ''Die angeborenen Defekte der Kammerscheidewände des Herzens.'' | Eisenmenger's syndrome was so named<ref>Wood, P. ''Pulmonary hypertension with special reference to the vasoconstrictive factor.'' Br Heart J 1958;20:557-570. PMID 13584643</ref> by Dr. Paul Wood after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described<ref>Eisenmenger V. ''Die angeborenen Defekte der Kammerscheidewände des Herzens.'' | ||
Zeitschr Klin Med 1897;32(Supplement):1-28.</ref> the condition in 1897. | Zeitschr Klin Med 1897;32(Supplement):1-28.</ref> the condition in 1897. | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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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
Etymology
Eisenmenger's syndrome was so named[1] by Dr. Paul Wood after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described[2] the condition in 1897.