Pulmonary artery dissection in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome treated with heart and lung transplantation.
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چکیده
We report the case of a patient with known Eisenmenger syndrome due to congenital ventricular septal defect, who developed pulmonary artery dissection. The patient was successfully treated with heart and lung transplantation.
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AIMS Advanced therapies (prostacyclin analogues, endothelin receptor antagonists) are successfully used in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. In addition, patients with the Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) seem to benefit from these news drugs regarding symptoms, but there is still no evidence for changes in outcome. METHODS AND RESULTS The clinical course of 43 patients (M...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology
دوره 5 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004