| Blalock, Alfred | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1899-1965. See: Blalock shunt, Blalock-Hanlon operation, Blalock-Taussig operation, Blalock-Taussig shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Blalock-Hanlon operation | The creation of a large atrial septal defect as a palliative procedure for complete transposition of the great arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Blalock shunt | Subclavian artery to pulmonary artery shunt to increase pulmonary circulation in cyanotic heart disease with decreased pulmonary flow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blalock-Taussig operation | An operation for congenital malformations of the heart, in which an abnormally small volume of blood passes through the pulmonary circuit; blood from the systemic circulation is directed to the lungs by anastomosing the right or left subclavian artery to the right or left pulmonary artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blalock-Taussig shunt | A palliative subclavian artery to pulmonary artery anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adler, Alfred | <person> Austrian psychiatrist, 1870-1937. See: adlerian psychology, adlerian psychoanalysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adson, Alfred W | <person> U.S. Neurosurgeon, 1887-1951. See: Adson's test, Adson forceps, Adson manoeuvre, Brown-Adson forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alfred Wallace | <person> A British naturalist who founded the field of biogeography and independently formulated a theory of natural selection around the same time that Darwin was doing his work. Lived: 1823-1913. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Allen, Alfred | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1846-1904. See: Allen's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky, Alfred | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1871-1940. See: Bielschowsky's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biesiadecki, Alfred von | <person> Polish physician, 1839-1888. See: Biesiadecki's fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet, Alfred | <person> French psychologist, 1857-1911. See: Binet age, Binet scale, Binet test, Binet-Simon scale, Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bruck, Alfred | <person> German physician, *1865. See: Bruck's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| MacConkey, Alfred | <person> British bacteriologist, 1861-1931. See: MacConkey agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Velpeau, Alfred | <person> French surgeon, 1795-1867. See: Velpeau's bandage, Velpeau's canal, Velpeau's fossa, Velpeau's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vogt, Alfred | <person> Swiss ophthalmologist, 1879-1943. See: Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |