(II-3B.1) Pulmonary artery aneurysm in a patient with Eisenmenger’s syndrome Mroczek Ewa1, Furdal Michał1, Jakub Stępniewski2

Background Eisenmenger syndrome is a clinical condition, in which congenital heart defect (CHD) with persistent intracardiac shunt results in development of pulmonary hypertension. With time right-to-left shunt becomes reversed leading to development of cyanosis. Eisenmenger s. may be caused by a number of different CHDs including various forms of ventricular or atrial septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, aortopulmonary window etc. or as a result of surgical correction of CHDs with formation of systemic-to-pulmonary shunts. The overall prognosis for Eisenmenger patients …

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