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PULMONARY ARTERY BANDING [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Heart Surgery
DEF

In the operative management of congenital heart disease, restriction of the lumen of the pulmonary artery over a short segment of its length by binding it with inelastic material, thereby raising the blood pressure in the right ventricle and diminishing left-to-right shunting through a coexisting ventricular defect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie vasculaire
  • Chirurgie cardiaque
CONT

Le cerclage de l'artère pulmonaire : Son but est de protéger le lit artériolaire pulmonaire, le cerclage diminuant le shunt et faisant baisser la pression de l'artère pulmonaire en aval de son niveau.

Spanish

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