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What is a shunt in the arm for after a heart attack?
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Shunt: Arm shunts are put in to facilitate dialysis.
Answered 8/29/2013
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Unusual: Intravenous common arterial monitors common shunt unusual unless renal- kidney failure and dialysis.
Answered 9/21/2013
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