The remarkable right ventricle of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome.
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.
Hopkins
William E
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Cardiology Unit, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Cardiology Unit, McClure 1, 111 Colchester Av., Burlington, VT 05401, USA. william.hopkins@vtmednet.org
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*