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<p>Despite being at the extreme spectrum of congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary hypertension, patients with Eisenmenger syndrome have better outcomes compared to other types of pulmonary arterial hypertension, especially in the case of post-tricuspid shunts. This survival advantage seems to be at least partly due to significant resilience of the right ventricle and a relative resistance to failure. This paper aims to review the concept of right ventricular adaptive remodeling in Eisenmenger syndrome, its impact on prognosis and the role of multimodality imaging in the right ventricle's assessment in this setting.</p>
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Despite being at the extreme spectrum of congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary hypertension, patients with Eisenmenger syndrome have better outcomes compared to other types of pulmonary arterial hypertension, especially in the case of post-tricuspid shunts. This survival advantage seems to be at least partly due to significant resilience of the right ventricle and a relative resistance to failure. This paper aims to review the concept of right ventricular adaptive remodeling in Eisenmenger syndrome, its impact on prognosis and the role of multimodality imaging in the right ventricle's assessment in this setting.

The Heroic Chamber – an Outlook on the Right Ventricle in Eisenmenger Syndrome

„Carol Davila” Universisty of Medicine and Pharmacy

Romanian Journal of Cardiology

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Despite being at the extreme spectrum of congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary hypertension, patients with Eisenmenger syndrome have better outcomes...

The Heroic Chamber – an Outlook on the Right Ventricle in Eisenmenger Syndrome

Article Category: Review

Publié en ligne: 05 mai 2022

Pages: 837 - 846

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2020.31.4.837

Mots clés
Eisenmenger syndrome, right ventricle, multimodality imaging

© 2021 Alecsandra Hernic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Heroic Chamber – an Outlook on the Right Ventricle in Eisenmenger Syndrome

Article Category: Review

Publié en ligne: 05 mai 2022

Pages: 837 - 846

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2020.31.4.837

Mots clésEisenmenger syndrome, right ventricle, multimodality imaging

© 2021 Alecsandra Hernic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Eisenmenger syndrome, right ventricle, multimodality imaging