Options For Treating Eisenmenger Syndrome

Phlebotomy

Phlebotomy is the drawing of blood from some patients with Eisenmenger syndrome. This may seem to be counterintuitive since their blood is iron-poor, but it seems the body makes up for low iron by making the blood especially viscous, or sticky, which puts the patient at risk for symptoms such as bleeding out from their mucous membranes, retinopathy, convulsions, and coma. The procedure is also done to prepare the patient for a donation of their blood if their hematocrit level is abnormally high. The hematocrit measures the number of red blood cells against the rest of the components in the blood. When a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome is given a phlebotomy, their symptoms usually ease within a day.

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