Efficacy of Noninvasive Ventilation in a Patient with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Complicating Eisenmenger’s Syndrome

Efficacy of Noninvasive Ventilation in a Patient with Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Complicating Eisenmenger’s Syndrome

Eisenmenger’s syndrome is a severe type of congenital heart disease characterized by severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. In the cases that the pressure in pulmonary circulation exceeds the systemic pressure, there appears a right-to-left shunting of blood. Consequently, the syndrome exists hypox...

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Main Authors: Ana Jaureguizar Oriol, Salvador Díaz-Lobato, Francisco León Román, Sagrario Mayoralas Alises
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-08-01
Series:Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology
Subjects:
Congenital diseases
Eisenmenger’s syndrome
hypercapnic respiratory
failure
hypoxemia
Online Access:http://www.eurasianjpulmonol.com/jvi.aspx?pdir=eurasianjpulmonol&plng=eng&un=EJP-82905

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