SEVERE PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION IN CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE - A REVIEW OF EISENMENGER SYNDROME

Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome are characterized by severe irrever sible pulmonary hypertension and reversed central shunt. In the past, congestive heart failure was generally considered common and prognosis poor. However, newer information suggests that congestive heart failu re is uncommon and that the natural survival of patients with Eisenmen ger syndrome is better than survival achieved with transplantation. In this review, discuss who gets Eisenmenger syndrome, when they get it, why they get it, and what the consequences are for adults with the di sorder.