Preferred Label : heart bypass, right;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : bypass, right heart; cavopulmonary anastomosis; heart bypasses, right; shunts, cavopulmonary; anastomosis, cavopulmonary; anastomoses, cavopulmonary; cavopulmonary anastomoses; right heart bypass; bypasses, right heart; right heart bypasses; shunt, cavopulmonary; cavopulmonary shunt; cavopulmonary shunts;
MeSH annotation : 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;
Origin ID : D018610;
UMLS CUI : C0242838;
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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.