Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus

Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus

This is the case of a young female who was seen at our adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension service (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK) at the age of 17 years. She initially presented at the age of 4 years with increasing shortness of breath. At that time, there was differenti...

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Main Author: Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2013-12-01
Series:European Respiratory Review
Online Access:http://err.ersjournals.com/content/22/130/558.full.pdf+html
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spelling doaj-1bbd5c53d1974400b50444e6f83f8a1d2020-11-25T01:25:43ZengEuropean Respiratory SocietyEuropean Respiratory Review0905-91801600-06172013-12-012213055856410.1183/09059180.00007013 Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus Konstantinos DimopoulosThis is the case of a young female who was seen at our adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension service (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK) at the age of 17 years. She initially presented at the age of 4 years with increasing shortness of breath. At that time, there was differential cyanosis with clubbing and lower oxygen saturations in the toes (82%) compared with her fingers (95%). On echocardiography there was evidence of severe pulmonary hypertension and a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with low velocity bidirectional shunting. She underwent cardiac catheterisation at the time which showed a pulmonary arterial pressure equal to that of the aorta. http://err.ersjournals.com/content/22/130/558.full.pdf+html
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European Respiratory Review
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title Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus
title_short Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus
title_full Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus
title_fullStr Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus
title_full_unstemmed Eisenmenger syndrome in an adult patient with a large patent ductus arteriosus
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description This is the case of a young female who was seen at our adult congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension service (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK) at the age of 17 years. She initially presented at the age of 4 years with increasing shortness of breath. At that time, there was differential cyanosis with clubbing and lower oxygen saturations in the toes (82%) compared with her fingers (95%). On echocardiography there was evidence of severe pulmonary hypertension and a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with low velocity bidirectional shunting. She underwent cardiac catheterisation at the time which showed a pulmonary arterial pressure equal to that of the aorta.
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