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a surgically implanted subcutaneous plastic tube for continuous shunting of ascites fluid from the peritoneal cavity to the jugular vein; a pressure-activated valve buried in the abdominal wall ensures one-way flow.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Peritoneovenous shunt — Intervention MeSH D010536 A peritoneovenous shunt (also called Denver shunt[1]) is a shunt which drains … Wikipedia
Shunt (medical) — Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds In medicine, a shunt is a hole or a small passage which moves, or allows movement of fluid from one part of the body to another. The term may describe either congenital or acquired shunts; and… … Wikipedia
Shunt — 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that carries cerebrospinal fluid from a ventricle in the brain to another area of the body. A shunt may be placed to relieve pressure from… … Medical dictionary
Denver shunt — a modification of the LeVeen peritoneovenous shunt that includes a manual pump mechanism for ascitic fluid … Medical dictionary
LeVeen shunt — Le·Veen shunt lə vēn shənt n a plastic tube that passes from the jugular vein to the peritoneal cavity where a valve permits absorption of ascitic fluid which is carried back to venous circulation by way of the superior vena cava LeVeen Harry… … Medical dictionary
Ascites — Classification and external resources The major signs and symptoms of heart failure. (Ascites labeled near center.) ICD 10 R … Wikipedia
digestive system disease — Introduction any of the diseases that affect the human digestive tract. Such disorders may affect the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), pancreas, liver, or biliary tract. A prevalent disorder of the digestive… … Universalium
PVS — Abbreviation for persistent vegetative state. * * * percussion, vibration, suction; percutaneous vascular surgery; peritoneovenous shunt; persistent vegetative state; persistent viral syndrome; Plummer Vinson syndrome; poliovirus susceptibility;… … Medical dictionary
DPVS — Denver peritoneovenous shunt … Medical dictionary
aggregated albumin — heat denatured albumin human; labeled radioactively (technetium 99m), its uses include lung imaging, radionuclide venography, and assessment of peritoneovenous shunt patency. Called also macroaggregated a. (MAA). See table at technetium … Medical dictionary
