Right Heart in Congenital Heart Disease - Part 2

What you will learn

This is the second chapter that deals with right heart disease in congenital heart defects. Here we will cover defects that cause pulmonary hypertension as they can occur in congenital left heart disease (post-capillary pulmonary hypertension), shunt lesions and preoperatively. The following defects will be discussed: Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA), ASD with pulmonary hypertension, ventricular septal defects, Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and single ventricles. Special emphasis is placed on the Eisenmenger syndrome to help you understand the pathophysiology behind, when it occurs, how patients with Eisenmenger present and which factors can lead to clinical deterioration.