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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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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The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt (BTT shunt), previously known as the Blalock–Taussig Shunt (BT shunt), is a surgical procedure used to increase blood...
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pulmonary artery, or segment of the pulmonary artery.[citation needed] Cardiac shunts can be evaluated through catheterization. Using oxygen as a marker,...
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pneumonia in which the lungs become consolidated. The shunt fraction is the percentage of cardiac output that is not completely oxygenated.[clarification...
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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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syndrome is defined as the process in which a long-standing left-to-right cardiac shunt caused by a congenital heart defect (typically by a ventricular septal...
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bidirectional Glenn (BDG) shunt, or bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, is a surgical technique used in pediatric cardiac surgery procedure used to...
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population. A cardiac shunt is the presence of a net flow of blood through a defect, either from left to right or right to left. The amount of shunting present...
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In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols Q {\displaystyle Q} , Q ˙ {\displaystyle {\dot...
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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...
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coupling, also known as a ventilation–perfusion mismatch. Lung diseases, cardiac shunts, and smoking can cause a ventilation-perfusion mismatch that results...
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Heart murmur (redirect from Cardiac murmur)
review Cumming, Gordon R. (1963). "Amyl Nitrite Induced Changes in Cardiac Shunts". Br. Heart J. 25 (4): 521–531. doi:10.1136/hrt.25.4.525. PMC 1018027...
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sonographic examination, specifically echocardiograms, for the detection of a cardiac shunt. These microbubbles are composed of agitated saline solution, most of...
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infection. Balanitis xerotica obliterans Benign lymphoepithelial lesion Cardiac shunt Carotid artery dissection Carotid bruit Cavernous hemangioma Chloromas...
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)/(Cc_{O_{2}}-Cv_{O_{2}})} Where: Qs = Pulmonary Physiologic Shunt (mL/min) Qt = Cardiac Output (mL/min) CCO2 = End-pulmonary-capillary Oxygen Content...
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is often treated with anticoagulants such as heparin and warfarin. Cardiac shunt is an unnatural connection between parts of the heart that leads to...
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Heart sounds (redirect from Cardiac sounds)
rate of 186 BPM. The S1 heart sound is intensified due to the increased cardiac output. Emily’s heartbeat Normal heart sounds of a 16 year old female at...
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gave an advantage by supplying the heart with oxygenated blood via the cardiac shunt. This theory is robustly supported by the fossil record, the ecology...
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alveolar-arterial gradient of oxygen and the amount of right-to-left cardiac shunt, which are both clinically useful quantities. However, it is not practical...
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enter the left atrium from the right atrium. It is one of two fetal cardiac shunts, the other being the ductus arteriosus (which allows blood that still...
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palliative shunt. In comparison to 0.8% of the general population, offspring of women with tetralogy have a 3–5% chance of developing congenital cardiac disease...
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Relative Atrial Index (category Cardiac procedures)
Relative Atrial Index (RAI) is a numeric parameter used to assess for cardiac shunt defects. It is calculated from the standard transthoracic Doppler echocardiogram...
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High-output heart failure (redirect from High output cardiac failure)
High-output heart failure is a heart condition that occurs when the cardiac output is higher than normal because of increased peripheral demand. There...
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Coronary steal (redirect from Cardiac steal syndrome)
Coronary steal (with its symptoms termed coronary steal syndrome or cardiac steal syndrome) is a phenomenon where an alteration of circulation patterns...
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Transthoracic echocardiogram (category Cardiac imaging)
disease Endocarditis Hypoxemia for shunt evaluation A typical TTE examination is done by either a cardiologist or a cardiac sonographer. It is a non-invasive...
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be caused by ventilation-perfusion mismatch, intracardiac shunting, or pulmonary shunting. In some cases, the cause is multifactorial. Although the mechanism...
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Cardioversion (category Cardiac procedures)
procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs....
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malformation increases the demand for blood flow. The increased demand for cardiac output leads to heart failure, and corresponding edema. Erythroblastosis...
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