Question 69 · LEK · Eisenmenger syndrome
Eisenmenger’s syndrome diagnosed in a 28-year-old patient may be a complication of the following uncorrected congenital heart defects:
1) atrial septal defect;
2) ventricular septal defect;
3) Ebstein’s anomaly;
4) aortic coarctation;
5) patent ductus arteriosus.
The correct answer is:
2) ventricular septal defect;
3) Ebstein’s anomaly;
4) aortic coarctation;
5) patent ductus arteriosus.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3,5.
- B. 2,3,5.
- C. 1,2,5.
- D. 2,4.
- E. 3,4.
Hint
Eisenmenger syndrome is the end stage of long-standing left-to-right shunts that reverse once pulmonary vascular disease develops.
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