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CERCLAGE ARTERE PULMONAIRE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vascular Surgery
DEF

In cardiology, the surgical procedure of applying a band around a vessel so as to constrict it in order to reduce the transmission to the vascular tree distal to the band of the pressure developed proximal to it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie vasculaire
CONT

Que peut-on attendre de la chirurgie cardiaque ? [...] Ce sont [les] progrès techniques qui ont [...] permis de se passer presque complètement des opérations palliatives auxquelles on devait avoir recours lorsque l'enfant était trop petit, en particulier le cerclage(ou banding) de l'artère pulmonaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 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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