cavopulmonary anastomosis

ca·vo·pul·mo·nar·y a·nas·to·mo·sis

a means of palliating cyanotic heart disease by anastomosing the right pulmonary artery to the superior vena cava.
Synonym(s): cavopulmonary shunt, Glenn shunt
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ca·vo·pul·mo·nar·y an·as·to·mo·sis

(kā-vō-pul'mŏ-nār-ē ă-nas'tŏ-mō'sis)
A means of palliating cyanotic heart disease by anastomosing the right pulmonary artery to the superior vena cava.
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De Leval, "A mathematical model of circulation in the presence of the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis in children with a univentricular heart," Medical Engineering and Physics, vol.
Transient hemodynamic changes upon changing a BCPA into a TCPC in staged Fontan operation: a computational model study
(15) managed to bypass the right ventricle in three dogs in which a cavopulmonary anastomosis had been created and the tricuspid valve obliterated.
Pulsatile venous waveform quality in fontan circulation-clinical implications, venous assists options and the future/Fontan dolasiminda pulsatil venoz dalga niteligi-klinik etkiler, venoz asist secenekleri ve gelecegi
Prophylaxis of thromboembolic complications after the Fontan operation(total cavopulmonary anastomosis).
Experience of fontan surgery at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC-NIHD)
Right internal jugular vein cannulation was avoided because any stenosis of the superior vena cava would prove extremely detrimental in infants with single ventricle physiology as the preferred palliation would most likely be staged bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt (Glenn) and total cavopulmonary anastomosis (Fontan) procedures.
Excision of a teratomatous 'parasitic twin' in an infant with uncorrected complex cyanotic heart disease
Bubble contrast echocardiography in detecting pulmonary arteriovenous shunting in children with univentricular heart after cavopulmonary anastomosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 33: 2052-8.
Successful treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation and infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma with alpha-interferon/Infantil hepatik hemanjiyoendotelyoma ve pulmoner arteriyovenoz malformasyonun alfa-interferon ile basarili bicimde tedavisi
Bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis with intracardiac repair.
Bir bucuk ventrikul tamirinin erken-orta donem sonuclari/Early-mid term results of the one and a half ventricle repair
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