Eisenmenger syndrome

Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a form of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with unoperated congenital heart disease and is characterized by congenital heart malformations with reversed or bi-directional shunting through an intra-cardiac or intervascular (usually aorto-pulmonary) communication with the development of PAH.

Oligohydramnios

Diminished amniotic fluid volume in pregnancy.


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Segmental epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a parturient with uncorrected Taussig-Bing anomaly with transposition of the great arteries physiology.
Mishra G, Nagella AB, Parthasarathy S, Vivek B.
Anesth Essays Res. 2015;9(3):408-10.
Here, we report a rare case of a 23-year-old term parturient with Eisenmenger syndrome due to Taussig-Bing anomaly presenting with gestational hypertension, oligohydramnios, and intrauterine growth retardation posted for elective cesarean section.