
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Eisenmenger Complex
📋Overview
Eisenmenger syndrome is a complex condition that develops as a long-term complication of certain congenital heart defects causing a left-to-right shunt. Over time, increased blood flow to the lungs leads to pulmonary hypertension, which eventually reverses the shunt direction to right-to-left, causing cyanosis and systemic hypoxemia. It is considered a severe form of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease.
Medical codes (for reference)
UMLS CUI: C0013743ICD-10-CM
I27.83Q21.8
MeSH
D004541
SNOMED CT (US)
204311009445928005
Codes are provided for reference and interoperability. They are not a diagnosis.
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