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What Is a Cardiac Shunt? Exploring Its Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, And Treatment Options

The human heart is similar to a pump that maintains the circulation of oxygenated blood in the body. But sometimes, due to structural problems, blood may flow in the wrong direction inside the heart.
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Management of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Adults: Analysis of Risk Factors Associated With Treatment Failure

Background. Little is known regarding the optimal treatment of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections in adults. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of treatment strategies and to identify factors ...
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Heart failure outcomes after interatrial shunt implant vary by ejection fraction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interatrial shunt implant lowered HF hospitalization risk for patients with HFrEF vs. placebo. However, patients ...

Novel 3D brain marker predicts surgical success in dementia-causing hydrocephalus

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have identified a new geometric marker of the brain ventricles that could ...
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No-Implant Shunt for HF Looks Safe, Feasible in Early Snapshot

Captured from: Vardi GM. InterShunt: the EASE-HF results. Presented at: TVT 2023. June 8, 2023. Phoenix, AZ. PHOENIX, AZ—A no-implant interatrial shunt (PAS-C; InterShunt Technologies) delivered ...