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Eisenmenger's syndrome

Eisenmenger's syndrome noun: a cyanotic heart defect in which a left-to-right shunt causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, leading to hypertension, which in turn causes increased pressure in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt.

Noun

Eisenmenger's syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A cyanotic heart defect in which a left-to-right shunt causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, leading to hypertension, which in turn causes increased pressure in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt.

Origin of Eisenmenger's syndrome

Named after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described the condition in 1897.

Questions about Eisenmenger's syndrome

What does Eisenmenger's syndrome mean?
Eisenmenger's syndrome means a cyanotic heart defect in which a left-to-right shunt causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, leading to hypertension, which in turn causes increased pressure in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt.
What part of speech is Eisenmenger's syndrome?
Eisenmenger's syndrome is a noun.

Words near Eisenmenger's syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Eisenman
  2. Eisenmann
  3. Eisenmanns
  4. Eisenmans
  5. Eisenmenger syndrome
  6. Eisenmenger's syndrome
  7. Eisenreich
  8. Eisenshtein
  9. Eisenstadt
  10. Eisenstadtian
  11. Eisenstadts

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