"Eisenmenger Complex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition associated with VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT and other congenital heart defects that allow the mixing of pulmonary and systemic circulation, increase blood flow into the lung, and subsequent responses to low oxygen in blood. This complex is characterized by progressive PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY of the RIGHT VENTRICLE; CYANOSIS; and ERYTHROCYTOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004541
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.240.400.450 C14.280.400.450 C16.131.240.400.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Eisenmenger Complex- Eisenmenger Complex
- Complex, Eisenmenger
- Eisenmenger's Complex
- Complex, Eisenmenger's
- Eisenmengers Complex
- Eisenmenger's Syndrome
- Eisenmengers Syndrome
- Syndrome, Eisenmenger's
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Syndrome, Eisenmenger
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Eisenmenger Complex" by people in Profiles.
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Perioperative Care of Children with Eisenmenger Syndrome Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Aug; 36(6):1120-8.
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Comparative efficacy of sildenafil in Eisenmenger's syndrome secondary to atrial septal defect versus ventricular septal defect: a cardiac catheterisation follow-up study. Cardiol Young. 2011 Dec; 21(6):631-8.
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Ventricular septal defect. Lancet. 2011 Mar 26; 377(9771):1103-12.
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Endothelin receptor antagonists improve exercise tolerance and oxygen saturations in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome and congenital heart defects. Tex Heart Inst J. 2008; 35(3):256-61.
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Role of oral sildenafil in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension: clinical efficacy and dose response relationship. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Sep 03; 120(3):306-13.
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Hypothyroidism and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Med. 2004 Mar 01; 116(5):354-5.
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Airway responsiveness to inhaled albuterol in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1999 Jan; 38(1):27-33.