Síndrome de Eisenmenger: presentación de un caso / Eisenmenger's syndrome: a case presentation
Rev cienc méd Habana
; 20(3)sept.-dic. 2014. graf
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-60118
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CU427.1
RESUMEN
El síndrome de Eisenmenger representa el estadio más avanzado de hipertensión arterial pulmonar asociado a cardiopatías congénitas con shunt inicial de izquierda a derecha. Se relata a continuación el caso de paciente con antecedentes de comunicación interauricular e hipertensión pulmonar que ingresa en nuestro centro por disnea de reposo, acceso de tos y hemoptisis a la que se diagnostica síndrome de Eisenmenger, imponiéndose tratamiento con diuréticos e inhibidores de fosfodiesterasa V tipo sildenafilo obteniendo mejoría clínica en seguimiento (AU)
ABSTRACT
Eisenmenger's syndrome represents the most advanced stage of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital cardiopathies with initial shunt from left to right. It is described the case of a patient with antecedents of atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension that was admitted to at the hospital due to dyspnea at rest, coughing access and hemoptysis to whom is diagnosed with Eisenmenger's syndrome, being imperative treatment with diuretics and inhibitors of phosphodiesterase V type sildenafil obtaining clinical improvement in the monitoring (AU)
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Database:
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Main subject:
Eisenmenger Complex
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Heart Defects, Congenital
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev cienc méd Habana
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras/Cuba