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Descriptor English: Eisenmenger Complex
Descriptor Spanish: Complejo de Eisenmenger
Descriptor complejo de Eisenmenger
Entry term(s) síndrome de Eisenmenger
Scope note: Afección asociada con DEFECTO DEL TABIQUE VENTRICULAR y otros defectos cardiacos congénitos que permiten la mezcla de la circulación pulmonar y de la circulación sistémica, aumento del flujo de sangre al pulmón, y posteriores respuestas a una baja concentración de oxígeno en la sangre. Este complejo se caracteriza por HIPERTENSIÓN PULMONAR progresiva, HIPERTROFIA del VENTRÍCULO DERECHO, CIANOSIS y ERITROCITOSIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Complexo de Eisenmenger
Descriptor French: Complexe d'Eisenmenger
Entry term(s): Complex, Eisenmenger
Complex, Eisenmenger's
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Eisenmenger's Complex
Eisenmenger's Syndrome
Eisenmengers Complex
Eisenmengers Syndrome
Syndrome, Eisenmenger
Syndrome, Eisenmenger's
Tree number(s): C14.240.400.450
C14.280.400.450
C16.131.240.400.450
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004541
Scope note: A condition associated with VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT and other congenital heart defects that allow the mixing of pulmonary and systemic circulation, increase blood flow into the lung, and subsequent responses to low oxygen in blood. This complex is characterized by progressive PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY of the RIGHT VENTRICLE; CYANOSIS; and ERYTHROCYTOSIS.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 4614
Unique ID: D004541
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Eisenmenger Complex - Preferred
Concept UI M0007144
Scope note A condition associated with VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT and other congenital heart defects that allow the mixing of pulmonary and systemic circulation, increase blood flow into the lung, and subsequent responses to low oxygen in blood. This complex is characterized by progressive PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY of the RIGHT VENTRICLE; CYANOSIS; and ERYTHROCYTOSIS.
Preferred term Eisenmenger Complex
Entry term(s) Complex, Eisenmenger
Complex, Eisenmenger's
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Eisenmenger's Complex
Eisenmenger's Syndrome
Eisenmengers Complex
Eisenmengers Syndrome
Syndrome, Eisenmenger
Syndrome, Eisenmenger's



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