The remarkable right ventricle of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome

Coron Artery Dis. 2005 Feb;16(1):19-25. doi: 10.1097/00019501-200502000-00004.

Abstract

Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome do much better than patients with all other etiologies of severe pulmonary hypertension. The primary reason, and a major focus of this review, is the right ventricle, a remarkable chamber with preserved systolic function despite a lifetime of systemic level pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Eisenmenger Complex / diagnostic imaging
  • Eisenmenger Complex / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stroke Volume / physiology
  • Survival Rate
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Function, Right / physiology*