A<unk>  is a shunt from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation. In contrast to a Blalock–Taussig shunt, circulation is primarily in systole. It is sometimes used as the first step in a Norwood procedure. Diagram of a<unk>  (orange) in hypoplastic left heart syndrom after Norwood Procedure. In the<unk>  (or Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery shunt) the blood flows from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. This procedure was pioneered by the Japanese Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Shunji<unk>  (b.1953) in 2003.
Sano shunt
Cerebral shunt
Cardiac shunt
Atriocaval shunt
Pulmonary shunt
Ventriculotomy 
Ventriculostomy
Lumbar–peritoneal shunt