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Left-to-right shunt

Left-to-right shunt

a diversion of blood from the left side of the heart to right (as through a septal defect), or from the systemic circulation to the pulmonary (as through a patent ductus arteriosus).


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... presentation and outcome of 15 neonates with porto-systemic (PS) shunt detected by mass screening (Paigen method) for galactosemia are reviewed. ... with PS shunt by ductus venosus Arantii. Four had extrahepatic porto-left renal venous (PRV) shunt. Nine neonates presented with intrahepatic ...

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by dipjyoti
Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: hepatic portal vein
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