or acquired shunts; acquired shunts (sometimes referred to as iatrogenic shunts) may be either biological or mechanical. Cardiac shunts may be described...
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Look up shunt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shunt may refer to: Shunt (medical), a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body...
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A portosystemic shunt or portasystemic shunt (medical subject heading term; PSS), also known as a liver shunt, is a bypass of the liver by the body's...
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A cerebral shunt is a device permanently implanted inside the head and body to drain excess fluid away from the brain. They are commonly used to treat...
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A right-to-left shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows blood to flow from the right heart to the left heart. This terminology is used both for the abnormal...
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Hydrocephalus (section Shunt complications)
made by physical examination and medical imaging. Hydrocephalus is typically treated by the surgical placement of a shunt system. A procedure called a third...
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treating portal hypertension that is refractory to medical therapy, replacing the surgical portacaval shunt in that role. TIPS is a life-saving procedure in...
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The Wade-Dahl-Till (WDT) valve is a cerebral shunt developed in 1962 by hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, author Roald Dahl, and neurosurgeon Kenneth Till...
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In cardiology, a cardiac shunt is a pattern of blood flow in the heart that deviates from the normal circuit of the circulatory system. It may be described...
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Pentose phosphate pathway (redirect from Hexose monophosphate shunt)
called the phosphogluconate pathway and the hexose monophosphate shunt or HMP shunt) is a metabolic pathway parallel to glycolysis. It generates NADPH...
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