Heart Bypass, Right
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.
Year introduced: 1995
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Tree Number(s): E04.035.410, E04.100.376.410, E04.100.814.868.875, E04.928.220.370
MeSH Unique ID: D018610
Entry Terms:
- Right Heart Bypass
- Cavopulmonary Shunt
- Cavopulmonary Shunts
- Shunts, Cavopulmonary
- Bypass, Right Heart
- Bypasses, Right Heart
- Heart Bypasses, Right
- Right Heart Bypasses
- Anastomosis, Cavopulmonary
- Anastomoses, Cavopulmonary
- Cavopulmonary Anastomoses
- Cavopulmonary Anastomosis
- Shunt, Cavopulmonary