One-year outcomes after transcatheter insertion of an interatrial shunt device for the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [PDF]
, 2016 Background—Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction has a complex pathophysiology and remains a therapeutic challenge. Elevated left atrial pressure, particularly during exercise, is a key contributor to morbidity and mortality.
Bergmann, Martin +23 more
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Revision and complication rates in adult shunt surgery: a single-institution study
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2020 CSF diversion with shunt placement is frequently associated with need for later revisions as well as surgical complications. We sought to review revision and complication rates following ventriculoperitoneal, ventriculoatrial and cystoperitoneal shunt ...
N. Mansoor +3 more
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
, 2016 Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
Foong, Kap Sum +2 more
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Positional cyanosis reveals platypnea-orthodeoxia-syndrome
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare cause of dyspnea, which presents upon standing and resolves when supine. Etiology is multifactorial with a functional component and an anatomical shunt. The most commonly reported shunt is an atrial septal defect,
Colin M. Kenny +3 more
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First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii. [PDF]
, 2015 Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead
Baghdadi, Jonathan +3 more
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Colectomy for porto-systemic encephalopathy: is it still topical?
Clinics and Practice, 2013 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a common long term complication of porto-systemic shunt. We report herein the case of a 59-year-old man with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis treated successfully 9 years earlier with distal splenorenal shunt for uncontrolled ...
Rym Ennaifer +5 more
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Intraluminal Deposits Found in Glaucoma Tube Shunts Via Anterior Segment Ocular Coherence Tomography [PDF]
, 2018 PURPOSE: To describe and characterize a novel observation of intraluminal deposits of glaucoma tube shunts (TS) using spectral domain (SD) ocular coherence topography (OCT).
Alvarado, Jorge A. +2 more
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SILICONE TUBE SHUNT IN SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE IN RECALCITRANC GLAUCOMAS
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 Silicone tube shunt operations to drain the aqueous from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space were performed in 12 different types of refractory glaucomas in which the intraocular pressure ranged from 25 mmHg to 80 mmHg (mean 45.75 mmHg) even
K JD Karki, A Momose
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Potts shunt as an effective palliation for patients with end stage pulmonary arterial hypertension
Indian Heart Journal, 2021 Background: Potts shunt has been suggested as an effective palliative therapy for patients with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) not associated with congenital heart disease.
Prashant Bobhate +8 more
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Beyond transplant: Roles of atrial septostomy and Potts shunt in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Pediatric Pulmonology, 2020 Despite significant successes in treating children with pulmonary hypertension, many still die from their disease. Death most often results from right ventricular failure.
R. M. Grady
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