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A Case of Patent Ductus Arteriosus with Eisenmenger Syndrome Treated by Ligation of PDA
Chang Seon Yoo, Hae Yong Lee, Mee Kyung Namgoong, Jong Soo Kim, Mee Yon Cho, Joong Hwan Oh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(2):257-263.   Published online February 15, 1995
We experienced a case of eisenmenger syndrome treated by simple surgical intervention. Eisenmenger syndrome refers to patients with congenital heart defects who have a systemic level of pulmonary arterial pressure and high pulmonary vascular resistance, with right-to-left or bidirectional shunting. Because a progressive rise in pulmonary vascular resistance may be better tolerated with an intracardiac communication, surgical repair in such patients...