Reversed shunt with cyanosis due to severe pulmonary vascular disease from a long-standing left-to-right shunt.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Congenital heart disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, more common; Children: yes, adolescents and adults
- Gene(s) involved
- BMPR2
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Eisenmenger complex
Etiology & mechanism
Chronic pulmonary overcirculation causes irreversible pulmonary vascular remodeling.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (9)
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