| AVM | arteriovenous malformation; atrioventricular malformation; aviation medicine |
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| AVO2 | arteriovenous oxygen ratio |
| AVP | abnormal vasopressin; actinomycin-vincristine-Platinol; ambulatory venous pressure; antiviral protei... |
| BAVFO | bradycardia after arteriovenous fistula occlusion |
| CAVH | continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration |
| distal splenorenal shunt | Anastomosis of the splenic end of the divided splenic vein to the left renal vein. Synonym: distal splenorenal shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Torkildsen shunt | A ventriculocisternal shunt. See: shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endolymphatic shunt | Surgical fistulization of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear with mastoid, subarachnoid or cochlear shunt. This procedure is used in the treatment of meniere's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt | An interventional radiology procedure to relieve portal hypertension. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jejunoileal shunt | A surgical procedure consisting of the anastomosis of the proximal part of the jejunum to the distal portion of the ileum, so as to bypass the nutrient-absorptive segment of the small intestine, to treat morbid obesity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| left-to-right shunt | A diversion of blood from the left side of the heart to right (as through a septal defect), or from the systemic circulation to the pulmonary (as through a patent ductus arteriosus). (05 Mar 2000) |
| LeVeen shunt | A plastic tube used to transport ascitic fluid from the abdomen, via a jugular vein, to the superior vena cava. (05 Mar 2000) |