;Anna L. Fanelli;Gabriella Agnoletti;Domenica Garabello;Mauro Giorgi;Chiara Calcagnile;Mauro Rinaldi;Sebastiano Marra
transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the transplantation society2016Vol. 8pp. 97-99
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fanelli2016internationalpulmonary
Abstract
Eisenmenger syndrome is a late complication of untreated congenital heart disease associated with left to right shunt, that can prompt in situ pulmonary thrombosis. Herein the case of a 41 year old man with suspected pulmonary embolism, where an atrial septal defect lead to Eisenmenger Syndrome, is presented. Only lung transplantation and surgical defect closure revealed to be the optimal treatment.