Eisenmenger's syndrome , PVD (Abkürzung)

Eisenmenger's syndrome can cause serious complications in pregnancy, though successful delivery has been reported.

Progression to Eisenmenger's syndrome occurs in 5 to 10 percent of individuals late in the disease process.

This phenomenon is known as Eisenmenger's syndrome.

A congenital disorder may be antecedent to an acquired disorder (such as Eisenmenger's syndrome).

In individuals who have developed Eisenmenger's syndrome, the pressure in the right ventricle has raised high enough to reverse the shunt in the atria.

Eisenmenger's syndrome specifically refers to the combination of a cardiac shunt (systemic-to-pulmonary ), significant enough to cause cyanosis and overtime pulmonary hypertension.

Mayo Clinic, "Detailed Description of Eisenmenger's Syndrome"

Once the reversal of the shunt occurs, and the blood begins flowing in the opposite direction through the ASD, that is called Eisenmenger's syndrome.

If Eisenmenger's syndrome has occurred, there is significant risk of mortality regardless of the method of closure of the ASD.

Without treatments, the disease may progress from left-to-right (noncyanotic heart) shunt to right-to-left shunt (cyanotic heart) called Eisenmenger's syndrome.

Complications of an uncorrected secundum ASD include pulmonary hypertension, right-sided heart failure, atrial fibrillation or flutter, stroke, and Eisenmenger's syndrome.

Down's Heart Group, "Easily understood description of Eisenmenger's Syndrome and how it affects people with Down's Syndrome who have unoperated congenital heart defects."

It can also be a consequence of heart disease (Eisenmenger's syndrome) but equally a cause (right-ventricular heart failure); it also occurs as a consequence of pulmonary embolism and scleroderma.

A person with Eisenmenger's syndrome is paradoxically subject to the possibility of both uncontrolled bleeding due to damaged capillaries and high pressure, and random clots due to hyperviscosity and stasis of blood.