Question 20 (part 2) · LEK · Cross-cutting topics

An increased pulmonary flow in congenital heart defects with the left-right leakage leads to structural changes in the pulmonary arterioles, which results in the development of irreversible pulmonary hypertension, and that leads to a change in blood leakage to the right-left. Indicate the syndrome which these symptoms are characteristic for.

  1. A. Asperger.
  2. B. Eisenhower.
  3. C. Eisenmenger.
  4. D. Tourette.
  5. E. Downa.
Hint

The syndrome named after an Austrian physician describes shunt reversal after irreversible pulmonary vascular disease.

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