"Heart Bypass, Left" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018611
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.292.465
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| Concept/Terms |
Heart Bypass, Left- Heart Bypass, Left
- Bypass, Left Heart
- Bypasses, Left Heart
- Heart Bypasses, Left
- Left Heart Bypasses
- Left Heart Bypass
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Bypass, Left" by people in Profiles.
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Case scenario: anesthetic considerations for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Anesthesiology. 2011 Nov; 115(5):1093-102.
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Randomized comparison of cold blood and cold crystalloid renal perfusion for renal protection during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2009 Jan; 49(1):11-9; discussion 19.
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Organ protection during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: rationale for a multimodality approach. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005 Jun; 9(2):143-9.
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Left heart bypass during descending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair does not reduce the incidence of paraplegia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Apr; 77(4):1298-303; discussion 1303.
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The use of left heart bypass in the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: current techniques and results. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Oct; 15(4):326-32.
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Estimating group mortality and paraplegia rates after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Feb; 75(2):508-13.
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Renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic operations: cold crystalloid is superior to normothermic blood. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Mar; 73(3):730-8.
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Oxygenator support for partial left-heart bypass. Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 Nov; 72(5):1770-1.
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Left heart bypass reduces paraplegia rates after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Jun; 67(6):1931-4; discussion 1953-8.
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Initial experience with the Nikkiso centrifugal pump during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 1998 Feb; 27(2):378-83.