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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Grafting > Heart Bypass, Right
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Anastomosis, Surgical > Heart Bypass, Right
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Heart Bypass, Right
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Heart Bypass, Right

Preferred term

Heart Bypass, Right  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Anastomoses, Cavopulmonary
  • Anastomosis, Cavopulmonary
  • Bypasses, Right Heart
  • Bypass, Right Heart
  • Cavopulmonary Anastomoses
  • Cavopulmonary Anastomosis
  • Cavopulmonary Shunt
  • Cavopulmonary Shunts
  • Heart Bypasses, Right
  • Right Heart Bypass
  • Right Heart Bypasses
  • Shunt, Cavopulmonary
  • Shunts, Cavopulmonary

Note

  • a form of heart surg; permanent: differentiate from HEART BYPASS, LEFT, temporary, a form of extracorp circ, & from CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, another type of extracorp circ

Scope note

  • Diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance to the right atrium directly to the pulmonary arteries, avoiding the right atrium and right ventricle (Dorland, 28th ed). This a permanent procedure often performed to bypass a congenitally deformed right atrium or right ventricle.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018610

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