His heart problems resulted in a shunt. From LearnThat.org.
An arteriovenus shunt. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A shunt is the process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course, a bypass. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
"There's a good chance she is not going to need a shunt, which is a permanent version.". From Wordnik.com. [CBC | Top Stories News] Reference
A shunt is a drainage device that runs from the brain to the abdomen to relieve excess cerebrospinal fluid. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Well, if you’re Roald Dahl, you team up with a couple of other guys to invent a brain shunt to ease the pain. From Wordnik.com. [Unexpected Inventions from Unexpected People | Impact Lab] Reference
It involves a simple operation using what's called a shunt, a device which diverts fluid from the brain to the abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2004] Reference
But at the level a Master worked, improperly handled energy could be deadly; the shunt was a necessity - as Firesong's own scars testified. From Wordnik.com. [Elephant in the City] Reference
Perhaps it is the 10th birthday of his/her "shunt"?. From Wordnik.com. [Coulrophobia Cakes] Reference
And a blog is a kind of shunt--I'll be toying with that for the next few days. From Wordnik.com. [Shunted aside] Reference
In Jocelyn’s case, the shunt was able to drastically reduce the CVR – from 3.9 to 1.1 in less than 48 hours. From Wordnik.com. [Jocelyn's CCAM story] Reference
If you don't know what a "shunt" is, it's a tiny tube they stick in your head to drain fluid outta there so your brain doesn't explode. From Wordnik.com. [badbadzoot Diary Entry] Reference
I do not find "shunt," however, in the Provincial Glossaries: in some parts of the south, "to shun" is used in this sense. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
Hydrocephalus often responds well to a surgical procedure, in which a flexible tube called 'shunt' is placed within theventricle. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
HUDGINS: A shunt is a drainage tube. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
This is what's known as a shunt catheter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2009] Reference
"They'll stop in Ringgold for a minute to shunt that car.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Not having a shunt, says Julie, "made the surgery worth it.". From Wordnik.com. [Treating The Tiniest Patients] Reference
Fig. 32 represents what is known as a "shunt-wound" dynamo. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity for Boys] Reference
Sometimes a shunt is put into the brain to relieve any swelling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2008] Reference
"We can shunt the cars on the side-track and run her backwards.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
We can only use shunt-wound dynamos conveniently for that purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887] Reference
And I would be concerned about sending her back to Iraq with a shunt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
The shunt which passes through the fine coil, S ', commences at the point, P. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference
And they hadn't even had the courtesy to shunt him back onto the power lines. From Wordnik.com. [Damned If You Don't] Reference
ShortcutsVein Grafts from Yeltsin's legs could also shunt blood past the clogs. From Wordnik.com. [Going Under The Knife] Reference
Dalton he paused for a moment to shunt the two freight cars which Andrews had dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
During the eight-hour operation, doctors insert a tube or a shunt to reroute her circulation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2008] Reference
Instead, he seemed to sort of shunt the blame aside to the system, which I'm sure is partly to blame. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2009] Reference
She endured surgeries and memory loss, and still has a permanent shunt draining fluid from her brain. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting G-Force] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: And that procedure is a shunt is put in, is that -- if you could explain it that would be. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
But it could potentially keep her from needing a shunt, which would be a great advantage when she does go back to Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
The resistance, R1, serves to vary the intensity of the shunt field of the dynamo, the volts being indicated by the voltmeter. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
I now live a full life with a husband and a challenging career, and have been hospitalized only once for shunt failure since 1994. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
With an ordinary shunt dynamo, the speed ought not to vary more than 2 or 3 per cent. of its normal value on either side of that value. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
There are a dozen or more different viruses that experimentally have been used as the vehicle, as the vector to shunt in the HIV genes. From Wordnik.com. [Positive Developments In HIV/AIDS Research] Reference
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