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Definition of Portacaval shunt
1. Noun. Shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portacaval Shunt
Literary usage of Portacaval shunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"Reduction in cholesterol and low density lipoprotein synthesis after portacaval
shunt surgery in a patient with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"luman hepatitis A propagation in cell culture, 160, 213 kidney cell transformation
by simian papovavirus SA12, 160208 portacaval shunt and whole-body ..."
3. Cross Design Synthesis: A New Strategy for Medical Effectiveness Research by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Kramer and Shapiro (1984) point to a study of portacaval-shunt surgery (Garceau,
Donaldson, and O'Hara, 1964) in which survival of both the experimental and ..."
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