Important Complications of Eisenmenger Syndrome

Transcript of the video: Eisenmenger syndrome is an important complication of large left to right shunts which develop later due to development of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease and severe pulmonary hypertension. The first report of Eisenmenger was by Victor Eisenmenger in 1897 and that was in a thirty year old person who later succumbed to massive hemoptysis. This highlights one of the most important complications of Eisenmenger syndrome, that is airway hemorrhage. Airway hemorrhage can occur in those who ascend to high altitude and during air travel. But it commonly occurs at low level itself. It is one of the most important causes of mortality in Eisenmenger syndrome. Diagrammatic representation of VSD Eisenmenger. It is also called Eisenmenger complex. The other Eisenmenger syndromes are not called Eisenmenger complex, only VSD Eisenmenger is called Eisenmenger complex. There is a large ventricular septal defect with severe pulmonary hypertension and reversal of shunt across the ventricular septal defect, producing cyanosis, clubbing, exertional dyspnea, and as already mentioned, hemoptysis is an important complication of Eisenmenger syndrome. Airway hemorrhage, which is more likely to occur when the person ascends to high altitude and in air travel because of the lower atmospheric pressure. But if you go by the statistics, majority of the hemorrhages occur at sea level or ordinary level of height. That is because most of these persons do not go for mountain climb...
Source: Cardiophile MD - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs