venous return

collocation in English

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venous
adjective
uk
/ˈviː.nəs/us
/ˈviː.nəs/
of or relating to ...
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return
noun
uk
/rɪˈtɜːn/us
/rɪˈtɝːn/
an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they ...
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(Definition ofvenousandreturnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Obstruction to pulmonaryvenousreturnobscured by decreased pulmonary blood flow.
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The pulmonaryvenousreturnwas unobstructed but drained to a confluence before entering the left sided atrium.
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There may be disturbedvenousreturnwhich may affect the rate and degree of shock.
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In view of the anomalous hepaticvenousreturnto the coronary sinus, the latter had to be left in the "right" atrium.
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The sympathectomy that accompanies spinal anaesthesia results in venodilatation which causes pooling of blood peripherally and reducesvenousreturnand preload.
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The optimal connection would promote the most efficient flow from thevenousreturnto the pulmonary circulation.
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Obstruction to the pulmonaryvenousreturnwas diagnosed when a "white-out" was noted on the chest radiography and it was confirmed by echocardiography.
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This decreasedvenousreturncauses decreased maternal cardiac output.
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Adverse survival was most strongly associated with significant associated noncardiac congenital conditions (p=0.008) and severe preoperative obstruction to pulmonaryvenousreturn(p=0.03).
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The second patient who developed pulmonary edema early postoperatively, underwent cardiac catheterization to confirm the clinical diagnosis of obstruction to the pulmonaryvenousreturn.
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We conclude that preoperative assessment of the pulmonaryvenousreturnis mandatory in patients with right isomerism and reduced pulmonary blood flow.
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This in turn leads to a drop invenousreturn, and hypotension.
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The atrial septum was intact and the coronary sinus andvenousreturnwere as anticipated.
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In these circumstances, the other atrium receives the entirety of the systemicvenousreturn.
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The left atrium received the pulmonaryvenousreturnand opened into the left ventricle through a normal mitral valve.
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In the foetus, the systemicvenousreturnof the lower part of the body is deviated directly to the left atrium through the oval foramen.
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