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LeCompte manoeuvre (medicine) and calciostat (medicine)


LeCompte manoeuvre (medicine)


LeCompte manoeuvre
<procedure, surgery> A repair of double outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis and Other abnormalities of ventricular arterial connection and ventricular septal defect.

The left ventricle is connected to the aorta and the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery using a technique that does not require an extracardiac conduit.

Synonym: LeCompte operation.


calciostat (medicine)


calciostat


Rarely used term denoting a postulated mechanism by which the parathyroid hormone production is increased when serum calcium is low and decreased when it is high.

Origin: calcium + G. Statos, standing