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.

Hypoxemia

An abnormally low level of blood oxygen.


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PMID (PMCID)
27552240
 FEMALE Young Adult
Preoperative Assessment of the Impact of Positive Pressure Ventilation With Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in a Patient With Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Case Study.
Saito K, Toyama H, Ejima Y, Yamauchi M.
A A Case Rep. 2016;7(9):193-195.
In Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), positive pressure ventilation (PPV) during general anesthesia may lead to an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and potentially to hypoxemia.
9914580
 FEMALE Adult
Favorable response of Eisenmenger syndrome to inhaled nitric oxide during pregnancy.
Goodwin TM, Gherman RB, Hameed A, Elkayam U.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999;180(1 Pt 1):64-7.
A 27-year-old woman with Eisenmenger syndrome at 36 weeks' gestation was treated with inhaled nitric oxide during the second stage of labor and the postpartum period when she experienced progressive refractory hypoxemia.
9914580
 FEMALE Adult
Favorable response of Eisenmenger syndrome to inhaled nitric oxide during pregnancy.
Goodwin TM, Gherman RB, Hameed A, Elkayam U.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999;180(1 Pt 1):64-7.
Inhaled nitric oxide can be used to correct the hypoxemia of Eisenmenger syndrome.