Declining incidence and prevalence of Eisenmenger syndrome in the developed world: a triumph of modern medicine

A Kempny, K Dimopoulos, MA Gatzoulis - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
In 1897, Dr Victor Eisenmenger described a 32-year-old man with a history of cyanosis and
progressive exertional breathlessness since childhood. The patient developed heart failure …

Eisenmenger syndrome: towards identifying the risk factors for death

N Sreeram - European Heart Journal, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The first description of Eisenmenger syndrome was provided over a 100 years ago, and the
concept of Eisenmenger reaction, with progressive pulmonary vascular disease and …

Past and current cause-specific mortality in Eisenmenger syndrome

CMS Hjortshøj, A Kempny, AS Jensen… - European Heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Therapeutic strategies have changed during the 2000s in conjunction with an emphasis on …

Prognosis for patients with Eisenmenger syndrome of various aetiology

A Saha, KG Balakrishnan, PK Jaiswal… - International journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to determine the long-term survival pattern and variables
affecting long-term survival and complications occurring during follow-up of patients with …

Eisenmenger syndrome in ventricular septal defect patients

EB Rosenzweig, WM Gersony, RJ Barst - Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 2001 - Elsevier
Although there have been recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology and
management of the Eisenmenger syndrome, there is still no cure for this disease. The …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of the current status and management of Eisenmenger syndrome: A Japanese nationwide survey

T Inohara, K Niwa, A Yao, R Inuzuka, H Sakazaki… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The management of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) has dramatically
changed since the advent of disease-targeted therapy (DTT). However, guidelines for ES …

Eisenmenger syndrome: diagnosis, prognosis and clinical management

A Arvanitaki, G Giannakoulas, H Baumgartner… - Heart, 2020 - heart.bmj.com
Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) represents the most severe phenotype of pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH) associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) and occurs in patients …

Survival prospects of treatment naïve patients with Eisenmenger: a systematic review of the literature and report of own experience

GP Diller, A Kempny, R Inuzuka, R Radke, SJ Wort… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate survival in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome based on a
systematic review of the literature and reanalysis of data. We specifically tested the …

The Belgian Eisenmenger syndrome registry: implications for treatment strategies?

A Van de Bruaene, M Delcroix, A Pasquet… - Acta …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Objective—Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), associated with congenital heart disease
(CHD), usually results from a systemic-to-pulmonary shunt. Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is …

The management of Eisenmenger syndrome in the modern treatment era: a case report

MA Gatzoulis - European Respiratory Review, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The patient had undergone closure of a large ventricular septal defect (VSD) via medial
sternotomy at the age of 8 yrs elsewhere. At the time, the patient had a left-to-right shunt with …