The watershed program offers technical assistance to watershed groups, municipalities, and individual citizens. A watershed is a geographic area of land across which water, and the sediments and dissolved materials it contains, flow on their way to a single common outlet -- a stream, lake or river.
What is Lumboperitoneal Shunt? Lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt is an artificial connection created by neurosurgeons which allows excess of cerebrospinal fluid to leave the subarachnoid space and enter the peritoneum. From there, the fluid is easily absorbed and eliminated via the circulatory system and the kidneys.
We performed a percutaneous balloon atrial septostomy and a modified Potts shunt (13-mm graft from left pulmonary artery to descending aorta), with the aim of decompressing the hypertensive right ventricle (RV) by reducing left ventricular preload and left atrial hypertension. The procedures were uneventful. The patient's condition improved rapidly and biventricular function was restored. In contrast to a Potts shunt in other conditions, patients with pulmonary hypertension caused by left ventricular disease may benefit from an additional atrial left-to-right shunt.