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...

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

A shunt is a device that is designed to provide a low-resistance path for an electrical current in a circuit. It is typically used to divert current away...

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...

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

Look up shunting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shunting may refer to: Ribosome shunting, a mechanism in protein biosynthesis Shunting (rail), a...

surgical placement of a shunt system. A procedure called a third ventriculostomy is an option in some people. Complications from shunts may include overdrainage...

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...

A portacaval shunt, portocaval shunt, or portal-caval shunt is a treatment for portal hypertension. A connection (a shunt) is made between the portal vein...

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 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...

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

Shunt nephritis is a rare disease of the kidney that can occur in patients being treated for hydrocephalus with a cerebral shunt. It usually results from...

called the phosphogluconate pathway and the hexose monophosphate shunt or HMP shunt) is a metabolic pathway parallel to glycolysis. It generates NADPH...

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...

ShuntCheck is a non-invasive diagnostic medical device which detects flow in the cerebral shunts of hydrocephalus patients. Neurosurgeons can use ShuntCheck...

The Shunt equation (also known as the Berggren equation) quantifies the extent to which venous blood bypasses oxygenation in the capillaries of the lung...

A shunt generator is a type of electric generator in which field winding and armature winding are connected in parallel, and in which the armature supplies...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is an artificial channel within the liver that establishes communication between the inflow...

Shunting, in railway operations, is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete trains, or the reverse. In the United States this activity...

Ribosome shunting is a mechanism of translation initiation in which ribosomes bypass, or "shunt over", parts of the 5' untranslated region to reach the...

Variable shunt reactors are used in high voltage energy transmission systems to stabilize the voltage during load variations. A traditional shunt reactor...

damage due to high currents and forces produced during a short circuit. A shunt reactor is connected in parallel with a transmission line or other load...

In accelerator physics, shunt impedance is a measure of the strength with which an eigenmode of a resonant radio frequency structure (e.g., in a microwave...

The Ayrton shunt or universal shunt is a high-resistance shunt used in galvanometers to increase their range without changing the damping. The circuit...

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...

classic rear-end shunt (the driver in front suddenly slams on the brakes, possibly with brake lights disabled), the decoy rear-end shunt (when following...

shunt (VP shunt) Ventriculo–atrial shunt (VA shunt) Ventriculo–pleural shunt (VPL shunt) Lumbar–peritoneal shunt (LP shunt) Lumbar subcutaneous shunt...

Shunting yard may refer to: Classification yard Shunting yard algorithm British term for rail yard This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

other types of meter are built around this. Digital ammeter designs use a shunt resistor to produce a calibrated voltage proportional to the current flowing...