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...

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...

The Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt (BTT shunt), previously known as the Blalock–Taussig Shunt (BT shunt), is a surgical procedure used to increase blood...

pulmonary artery, or segment of the pulmonary artery.[citation needed] Cardiac shunts can be evaluated through catheterization. Using oxygen as a marker,...

pneumonia in which the lungs become consolidated. The shunt fraction is the percentage of cardiac output that is not completely oxygenated.[clarification...

or acquired shunts; acquired shunts (sometimes referred to as iatrogenic shunts) may be either biological or mechanical. Cardiac shunts may be described...

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...

bidirectional Glenn (BDG) shunt, or bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, is a surgical technique used in pediatric cardiac surgery procedure used to...

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...

In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols Q {\displaystyle Q} , Q ˙ {\displaystyle {\dot...

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...

coupling, also known as a ventilation–perfusion mismatch. Lung diseases, cardiac shunts, and smoking can cause a ventilation-perfusion mismatch that results...

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...

sonographic examination, specifically echocardiograms, for the detection of a cardiac shunt. These microbubbles are composed of agitated saline solution, most of...

infection. Balanitis xerotica obliterans Benign lymphoepithelial lesion Cardiac shunt Carotid artery dissection Carotid bruit Cavernous hemangioma Chloromas...

)/(Cc_{O_{2}}-Cv_{O_{2}})} Where: Qs = Pulmonary Physiologic Shunt (mL/min) Qt = Cardiac Output (mL/min) CCO2 = End-pulmonary-capillary Oxygen Content...

Nilsson, Stefan; Crigg, Gordon (1996). "Dynamic Anatomical Study of Cardiac Shunting in Crocodiles Using High-Resolution Angioscopy" (PDF). The Journal...

is often treated with anticoagulants such as heparin and warfarin. Cardiac shunt is an unnatural connection between parts of the heart that leads to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Relative Atrial Index (RAI) is a numeric parameter used to assess for cardiac shunt defects. It is calculated from the standard transthoracic Doppler echocardiogram...

High-output heart failure is a heart condition that occurs when the cardiac output is higher than normal because of increased peripheral demand. There...

Coronary steal (with its symptoms termed coronary steal syndrome or cardiac steal syndrome) is a phenomenon where an alteration of circulation patterns...

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...

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

procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs....

malformation increases the demand for blood flow. The increased demand for cardiac output leads to heart failure, and corresponding edema. Erythroblastosis...