DeCS

Descriptor English:

Heart Bypass, Left

Descriptor Spanish:

Puente Cardíaco Izquierdo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	derivación cardíaca izquierda
Entry term(s)	baipás izquierdo
Scope note:	Desviación del flujo sanguíneo de las venas pulmonares directamente hacia la aorta, evitando la aurícula izquierda y el ventrículo izquierdo. (Dorland, 28a ed, p504)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Derivação Cardíaca Esquerda

Descriptor French:

Dérivation cardiaque gauche

Entry term(s):

Bypass du coeur gauche
Dérivation du coeur gauche

Tree number(s):

E04.292.465

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018611

Scope note:

Diversion of the flow of blood from the pulmonary veins directly to the aorta, avoiding the left atrium and the left ventricle (Dorland, 27th ed). This is a temporary procedure usually performed to assist other surgical procedures.

Annotation:

temporary, a form of extracorp circ diverting blood from left atrium: differentiate from HEART BYPASS, RIGHT, a permanent form of heart surg, & from CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, another type of extracorp circ diverting blood from right atrium

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE effets indésirables
CL classification
EC économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MO mortalité
MT méthodes
NU soins infirmiers
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
VE médecine vétérinaire

DeCS ID:

32207

Unique ID:

D018611

NLM Classification:

WG 168.5

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Date Established:

1995/01/01

Date of Entry:

1994/02/28