cardiac left to right shunt

Introduction

See Eisenmenger's syndrome

Pathology

• a large left to right cardiac shunt can produce pulmonary hypertension & irreversible pulmonary vascular disease
• pulmonary hypertension can cause a left to right shunt to reverse so that blood flows from right to left, resulting in cyanotic heart disease (see Eisenmenger's syndrome)

More general terms

• cardiac shunt

Additional terms

• Eisenmenger's syndrome