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ventricular shunt
what is 'ventricular shunt'?
Definition for ventricular shunt
ventricular shunt is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: choroid plexus tumor, diencephalic syndrome and suprasellar epidermoid cyst.
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choroid plexus tumor
brain tumor from structures that produce brain fluid
ventricular shunt and choroid plexus tumor
diencephalic syndrome
rare neurological disorder
ventricular shunt and diencephalic syndrome
suprasellar epidermoid cyst
cystic lesion in brain
ventricular shunt and suprasellar epidermoid cyst
increased intracranial pressure
increased pressure in brain
ventricular shunt and increased intracranial pressure
medulloblastoma
type of brain tumor
ventricular shunt and medulloblastoma
syringomyelia
damage to spinal cord by progressively enlarging cavity in its center
ventricular shunt and syringomyelia
intracranial tumor
brain tumor
ventricular shunt and intracranial tumor
X-linked hydrocephalus
rare condition causing increased volume of fluid in the brain
ventricular shunt and X-linked hydrocephalus
astrocytoma
type of brain tumor
ventricular shunt and astrocytoma
brainstem glioma
type of brain tumor
ventricular shunt and brainstem glioma
ganglioglioma
benign brain tumor
ventricular shunt and ganglioglioma
midbrain lesions
lesions in midbrain area of brain
ventricular shunt and midbrain lesions
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related procedure search results for 'ventricular shunt'/associated diagnoses
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CT scan
ventricular shunt and CT scan
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
ventricular shunt and Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
Brain MRI
ventricular shunt and Brain MRI
CT brain
ventricular shunt and CT brain
Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
ventricular shunt and Gadolinium-enhanced MRI
Radiation Therapy
Use of ionizing radiation or xrays for medical imaging or to treat cancer
ventricular shunt and Radiation Therapy
surgical intervention
ventricular shunt and surgical intervention
Biopsy
ventricular shunt and Biopsy
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
ventricular shunt and Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Lumbar Puncture
ventricular shunt and Lumbar Puncture
Visual Field Test
Test to determine visual fields
ventricular shunt and Visual Field Test
vision tests
ventricular shunt and vision tests
Resection
ventricular shunt and Resection
Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
ventricular shunt and Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
ventricular shunt and Cerebrospinal Fluid opening pressure
Lumboperitoneal shunt
ventricular shunt and Lumboperitoneal shunt
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
adrenocorticotropin hormone secreted by pituitary gland
ventricular shunt and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)
Anti Diuretic Hormone
hormone decreasing urine production
ventricular shunt and Anti Diuretic Hormone
Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
ventricular shunt and Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
ventricular shunt and Leuteinizing hormone (LH)
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ventricular shunt and vincristine
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ventricular shunt and cisplatin
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ventricular shunt and carmustine
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ventricular shunt and acetazolamide
furosemide
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Ventricular Shunt (VSHN)
Ventricular Shunt (VSHN) Definitions of Data Fields on. Supplemental Data ... outside the body has a ventricular shunt operation to bring the system inside ...
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/hip/NNIS/members/Member%20Forms/VenShunt_protocol.PDF
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Syndrome of Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Shunt
... Harry F. Successful Closure of a Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Shunt . Ann Surg. ... JA, CLARK LC, SCOTT HW Jr. Syndrome of left ventricular-right atrial shunt ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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The accuracy of ventricular catheter placement: does it influence shunt ...
... of ventricular catheter placement: does it influence shunt revision rates? ... Ventricular catheter blockage is the commonest indication for shunt revision. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1716825
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"Acquired" Left Ventricular-to-Right Atrial Shunt (Gerbode Defect ...
Syndrome of Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Shunt: Successful Surgical Repair of ... Miki T. [Left ventricular-right atrial shunt due to infective endocarditis ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=7787460
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article by Jeffrey C Milliken
In 1950, Bailey first attempted pulmonary artery banding for the treatment of VSDs. ... left-to-right shunt diminishes, closure of the ventricular septal defect (VSD) ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic3517.htm
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Diuretic therapy for newborn infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular ...
... the subsequent need for V-P shunt, or in neurological disability, and ... lumbar or ventricular punctures for preventing disability or shunt dependence in ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Whitelaw2/whitelaw.htm
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Right-to-left shunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... heart pressure and/or the shunt has a one-way valvular opening. ... Right ventricular hypertrophy (thickening of the muscular walls of the right ventricle) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-left_shunt
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Cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement for pseudotumo...[J Neurosurg. 2004 ...
... shunt revision and complication rates were compared ... Frameless stereotactic ventricular shunt placement for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15481717
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article by Vibhuti N Singh, MD ...
Ventricular Septal Defect - Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the second most common cardiac malformation accounting ... sized shunt causes signs ...
http://www.emedicine.com/RADIO/topic740.htm
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NNIS Members Page: Forms Vent Shunt | CDC Infection Control In Healthcare
NNIS Forms. Surgical Patient Surveillance: Ventricular Shunt Patient Report Form. Ventricular Shunt Risk Factor Protocol. List of Antibiotic Agents ...
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/hip/NNIS/members/forms_VenShunt.htm
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Repeated lumbar or ventricular punctures in newborns with ...
... ventricular tap reduces the risk of shunt dependence, disability, multiple disability or death. ... or ventricular punctures a) reduces the need for a ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Whitelaw/Whitelaw.HTM
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Echocardiographic evaluation of left-to-right shunt in ventricular ...
... of left-to-right shunt in ventricular septal defect and persistent ductus arteriosus. ... and was compared with the shunt size as determined by oximetry. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=483230
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article Excerpt by Jeffrey C ...
In 1950, Bailey first attempted pulmonary artery banding for the treatment of VSDs. ... A left-to-right shunt at the ventricular level has 3 adverse hemodynamic ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/Ventricular-Septal-Defect.htm
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CDC - Biofilm on Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Tubing as a Cause of ...
Ventricular CSF obtained from the shunt tubing contained 42 WBC/mm3 (68 ... First, the C. immitis in the ventricular shunt tubing was present in the hyphal phase. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no4/01-0103.htm
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Rupture Following Myocardial Infarction ...
Latham first described this condition at autopsy in 1847, but he did not make ... to-right shunt, left heart catheterization, intraaortic balloon pump, intra ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3574.htm
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Intraventricular streptokinase after intraventricular hemorrhage in ...
... ventricular enlargement reduces the need for ventriculoperitoneal shunt or improves outcome. ... ventricular dilatation, the numbers of deaths and babies ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Whitela2/Whitelaw.htm
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Ventricular reduction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Heart transplantation - Septal myectomy - Ventricular reduction ... Atrial septostomy - Blalock-Taussig shunt - Fontan procedure - Norwood procedure ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular_reduction
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect: Surgical Perspective : Article ...
In 1879, Roger first characterized the clinical presentation of VSD.1 VSD had been recognized prior to this date but was ... shunt at the ventricular level ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/byname/ventricular-septal-defec...
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect, General Concepts : Article by ...
... the heart and that results in a communication between the ventricular cavities. ... A left-to-right shunt at the ventricular level has 3 hemodynamic consequences: ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2402.htm
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Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and ...
... and treatment of ventricular septal defect (VSD), a ... VSD lets blood shunt from the left ventricle to the right ventricle. VSD can overwork the heart. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/ventricular_septal_defect/page5.htm
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Ventricular Septal Defect
Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ... the size of the left-to-right shunt by enlargement of the left ventricle, ...
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/ventricular-septal-defect?page=3
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Do antibiotic-impregnated shunts in hydrocephalus therapy reduce the ...
... patients, external ventricular drainage, former shunt infection, former systemic ... J. Origin of organisms infecting ventricular shunts. Neurosurgery. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1888699
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect, Supracristal : Article by Edward ...
Supracristal (or doubly-committed) ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the least ... enough to cause a significant left-to-right shunt and ventricular hypertrophy. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2545.htm
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eMedicine - Management of Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus and Shunts ...
In the 1940s, before shunting was established, children with hydrocephalus had a ... surgical treatment of hydrocephalus consists of ventricular shunt insertion. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2976.htm
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Left ventricular decompression through a patent foramen ovale in a ...
... left-to-right shunt in order to reduce left ventricular filling pressures. ... Provocative maneuvers were not able to reverse the shunt. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=324415
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Adult congenital heart disease -- Cardiology Explained -- NCBI Bookshelf
Table 1 Characteristics of atrial septal defect and ventricular (more... It applies regardless of whether the shunt is atrial or ventricular. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cardio&part=A1042
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eMedicine - Tetralogy of Fallot : Article by Mark Spektor
... arising from the maldevelopment of the right ventricular infundibulum. ... characteristic of a right-to-left shunt that presents in the exercising child. ...
http://emedicine.com/EMERG/topic575.htm
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eMedicine - Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum : Article ...
... characterized by heterogeneous right ventricular development, an ... hypoplasia, stenosis, right-to-left shunt, patent foramen ovale, secundum atrial ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2526.htm
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Complex cardiac stab wound
Still, the precise location of the shunt was not determined but was thought to ... to-right shunt and showed an aorta-to-right-ventricular-outflow-tract fistula. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1305826
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eMedicine - Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Surgical Perspective ...
In 1955, Lillehei and colleagues reported the first successful repair ... and residual atrial or ventricular shunts, allowing for immediate surgical revision. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2817.htm
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Ventricular Septal Defect Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
Ventricular Septal Defect glossary includes a list of Ventricular Septal Defect ... A shunt may be placed to relieve pressure from hydrocephalus, for example. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/ventricular_septal_defect/glossary.htm
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Atrial Septal Aneurysm with Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunting
... pressure, decrease the severity of the shunt, and treat the severe hypoxemia. ... elevate right ventricular pressure, leading to a right-to-left shunt through the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=152841
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article Excerpt by: Vibhuti N ...
Ventricular Septal Defect - Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the second most common cardiac malformation ... produces a small shunt and does not cause ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/ventricular-septal-defect.htm
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Penetration of cefuroxime into ventricular fluid in cerebrospinal fluid ...
Penetration of cefuroxime into ventricular fluid in cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections. ... patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections and in one ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=176071
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Sequential heart murmurs in a 43-year-old man with congenital heart disease
The admission electrocardiogram showed left ventricular enlargement (Figure) (1?3) ... arterial pulse pressure, the murmur suggested an aorto-right ventricular shunt. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2014814
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Atrial septal defect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This mixture of blood, may or may not result in what is known as a "Shunt" ... Ventricular septal defect - Atrial septal defect (Lutembacher's syndrome) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_foramen_ovale
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eMedicine - Eisenmenger Syndrome : Article by Mikhael F El-Chami
Autopsy showed a large ventricular septal defect (VSD) and overriding aorta. ... ventricular septal defect, VSD, overriding aorta, congenital cardiac shunt ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic642.htm
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eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect : Article by Bekir Hasan Melek
... left shunt that occurs with the onset of left ventricular contraction, ... decrease in left ventricular distensibility augments the left-to-right shunt. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3519.htm
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Tetralogy of Fallot - eMedicine
Comprehensive information about one of the most common congenital heart disorders. Includes disease information, indications, relevant anatomy, contraindications, and treatment.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3579.htm
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Tetralogy of Fallot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Helen Taussig who convinced Alfred Blalock that the shunt was going to work. ... Ventricular septal defect - Atrial septal defect (Lutembacher's syndrome) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralogy_of_Fallot
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Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates
... with shunt removal and external ventricular drain or ventricular taps; 2) ... a CSF shunt (e.g. ventricular peritoneal shunt, ventriculostomy reservoir, etc. ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Shah9/SHAH.HTM
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Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD's) and Pregnancy
Learn how ventricular septal defects, the most common heart problem found ... to-left movement of blood (or shunt) and for developing pulmonary hypertension. ...
http://www.webmd.com/baby/ventricular-septal-defects-vsds-pregnancy
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect, Supracristal : Article Excerpt ...
Supracristal (or doubly-committed) ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the least ... VSDs may show early signs of decompensation from a large left-to-right shunt. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/byname/Ventricular-Septal-Defect--Supracristal.htm
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Ventricular peritoneal shunt infection caused by a member of the ...
Ventricular peritoneal shunt infection caused by a member of the rhodochrous ... in pure culture from a ventricular peritoneal shunt in a 5.5-month-old child. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=273449
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eMedicine - Tetralogy of Fallot With Absent Pulmonary Valve : Article ...
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with absent pulmonary valve is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by features of TOF with ... right-to-left shunt at the level ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2538.htm
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A Modified Infarct Exclusion Technique for Repair of Anteroapical ...
... portion of the patch is reinforced by the right ventricular free wall. ... ventricular ejection fraction was 30% ± 7%. The left-to-right shunt, measured ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1336699
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eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect : Article Excerpt by Vibhuti N Singh
... cardiac defect, left-to-right shunt, atrial defect, ostium secundum, ostium ... If both the atrial and ventricular septa are involved, the defect is called an ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/byname/Atrial-Septal-Defect.htm
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VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT WITH PULMONARY STENOSIS
... stenosis and ventricular septal defect with arteriovenous shunts; a clinical and ... CONTRO S, BROSTOFF P. Pulmonic stenosis with left-to-right ventricular shunt. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=479681
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Pulsed Doppler echocardiography for diagnosis of ventricular septal defects.
In cases with bidirectional shunt, pulsed Doppler echocardiography failed to ... of left-to-right shunt volume in children with ventricular septal defect. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=482254
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Double-Patch Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect
... accomplished, and no residual shunt was observed in any patient. ... shunt by using double patches that are placed on both sides of the ventricular septum. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=555820
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