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construct them, the
types of
valve (if any) used, and
whether the
valve is
programmable or not. The
location of the
shunt is
determined by the neurosurgeon...
- The Wade-Dahl-Till (WDT)
valve is a
cerebral shunt developed in 1962 by
hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade,
author Roald Dahl, and
neurosurgeon Kenneth Till...
- pulmonary-to-systemic.
Cerebral shunt: In
cases of
hydrocephalus and
other conditions that
cause chronic increased intracranial pressure, a one-way
valve is used to drain...
- A right-to-left
shunt is a
cardiac shunt which allows blood to flow from the
right heart to the left heart. This
terminology is used both for the abnormal...
- A
solenoid valve is an
electromechanically operated valve.
Solenoid valves differ in the
characteristics of the
electric current they use, the strength...
-
indicate a
shunt problem. This
discovery led to the
development of the
ShuntCheck Micro-Pumper, a
handheld device which vibrates the
shunt valve, generating...
- Dahl, it
developed an
improved shunt valve for
children with hydrocephalus, and non-invasive (percutaneous)
heart valve replacements.
Great Ormond Street...
- A
glaucoma valve is a
medical shunt used in the
treatment of
glaucoma to
reduce the eye's
intraocular pressure (IOP). The
device works by byp****ing the...
-
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Ahmad M (June 2020). "Eustachian
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interatrial shunt, and
paradoxical embolism". Echocardiography. 37 (6): 939–944....
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right heart pressure, a
biological or
artificial heart valve or both. The
presence of a
shunt may also
affect left and/or
right heart pressure either...
