A pulmonary shunt is the passage of deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the left without participation in gas exchange in the pulmonary...

connected the subclavian and pulmonary arteries, in contemporary practice a modified version of the procedure, the mBTT shunt, is more commonly used. In...

with a "shunt run" by taking blood samples from superior vena cava (SVC), inferior vena cava (IVC), right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, and...

left-to-right or bidirectional, or as systemic-to-pulmonary or pulmonary-to-systemic. Cerebral shunt: In cases of hydrocephalus and other conditions that...

A Sano shunt is a shunt from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation. In contrast to a Blalock–Taussig shunt, circulation is primarily in systole...

blood clotting, heart failure, pulmonary emphysema, or damage in alveolar capillaries. Secondly, the pulmonary shunt is caused by zero or low V/Q ratio...

distal main pulmonary artery. Lastly, an aortopulmonary shunt is created connecting the aorta to the main pulmonary artery to provide pulmonary blood flow...

A pulmonary-to-systemic shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows, or is designed to cause, blood to flow from the pulmonary circulation to the systemic circulation...

of acute respiratory failure is fatal. Ventilation/perfusion ratio Pulmonary shunt Mirabile, Vincent S.; Shebl, Eman; Sankari, Abdulghani; Burns, Bracken...

blood gas readings support the proposed diagnosis by suggesting a pulmonary shunt. Blood tests are performed for electrolytes (sodium, potassium) and...

of Fallot Total anomalous pulmonary venous return A mnemonic to remember the conditions associated with right-to-left shunting involves the numbers 1-5...

Where: Qs = Pulmonary Physiologic Shunt (mL/min) Qt = Cardiac Output (mL/min) CCO2 = End-pulmonary-capillary Oxygen Content CaO2 =...

definitive surgical correction through separation of the pulmonary and systemic circuits. The BDG shunt is also called a "hemi-Fontan" procedure because it...

through the ductus arteriosus (a shunt between the pulmonary artery and the aorta). When the lungs expand at birth, the pulmonary pressure drops and blood is...

Pulmonary shunt, in which blood passes from the right to the left side of the heart without being oxygenated. This may be due to anatomical shunts, in...

right-to-left-shunt results in venous blood entering the left side of the heart and into the arterial circulation without passing through the pulmonary circulation...

injected into the pulmonary trunk, left or right pulmonary artery, or segment of the pulmonary artery.[citation needed] Cardiac shunts can be evaluated...

secretions, which could cause respiratory infections. It can also decrease pulmonary shunting, increase the functional reserve capacity of the lungs, and prevent...

be caused by ventilation-perfusion mismatch, intracardiac shunting, or pulmonary shunting. In some cases, the cause is multifactorial. Although the mechanism...

sufficient quantities. It may be caused by: Ventilation perfusion mismatch, Pulmonary shunt Circulatory hypoxia, ischemic hypoxia or stagnant hypoxia may be caused...

flow through the lungs, right-to-left cardiac shunting and severe hypoxemia. Pathogenesis in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (WHO Group...

patent ductus arteriosus) causes pulmonary hypertension and eventual reversal of the shunt into a cyanotic right-to-left shunt. Because of the advent of fetal...

because of the obstruction to flow through the pulmonary valve. The latter is known as a right-to-left shunt. Infants with TOF – a cyanotic heart disease...

bronchopulmonary segments and pulmonary lobules. The lungs have a unique blood supply, receiving deoxygenated blood from the heart in the pulmonary circulation for...

pulmonary sequestration removed can lead to a number of complications. These include: Potentially fatal hemorrhage The creation of a left-right shunt...

anomalous anastomosis (bronchial artery-pulmonary artery shunt) between the bronchial artery and the pulmonary artery, and if the bronchial artery is embolized...

lungs are not used during the fetal stage resulting in the presence of shunts to move oxygenated blood and nutrients from the placenta to the fetal tissue...

flow meter nitrogen washout Circulation pulmonary circulation hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction pulmonary shunt Interactions ventilation (V) Perfusion...

A peritoneovenous shunt (also called LeVeen Shunt) is a shunt which drains peritoneal fluid from the peritoneum into veins, usually the internal jugular...

life. It is marked by an elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and vasoconstriction causing a right-to-left shunt of the blood through the foramen ovale...