Medical term:
bifurcation
bifurcation
[bi-fur-ka´shun]1. a division into two branches, such as a blood vessel, or a tooth that has two roots. 
Bifurcatio aortae (aortic bifurcation), showing the branching of the abdominal aorta into the common iliac arteries, and from there to the internal and external iliac arteries. From Dorland's, 2000.
2. the site of such a division.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn), [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Synonym(s): bifurcatio [TA]
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bifurcation
Theoretical medicineA point in a dynamic system in which there is an abrupt change in the system’s behaviour; bifurcations occurs when 1+ of a system’s parameters reach a critical value. A change in the stability or types of solutions which occur as a parameter is varied in a dissipative dynamic system; the change can be seen as a bifurcation point in a graph of the parameter being varied vs one of the properties of the solutions.
Vox populi
A splitting into 2 parts.
Clinical trials
BIFURCATION
Evaluation of the Cypher sirolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with bifurcation. A trial comparing the use of either one drug-eluting stent in the main branch and provisional stenting in the side branch or definitive stents in both vessels.
Results
Major acute cardiac events and target vessel revascularisation in CABG patients was 19% in stent + provisional stent patients and 14% in stent + PTCA (definitive) patients.
Logistics
Randomised, multicentre, US; 86 patients
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn) [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
bifurcation
A fork or double prong. Bifurcations are very common in blood vessels and in the bronchial ‘tree’ of the lungs. At a bifurcation the sum of the cross-sectional area of the two branches usually exceeds that of the parent branch. Since this happens many times, there is a progressive increase in the unit volume of the system.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn) [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
bifurcation
[bi-fur-ka´shun]1. a division into two branches, such as a blood vessel, or a tooth that has two roots.
Bifurcatio aortae (aortic bifurcation), showing the branching of the abdominal aorta into the common iliac arteries, and from there to the internal and external iliac arteries. From Dorland's, 2000.
2. the site of such a division.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn), [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Synonym(s): bifurcatio [TA]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
bifurcation
Theoretical medicineA point in a dynamic system in which there is an abrupt change in the system’s behaviour; bifurcations occurs when 1+ of a system’s parameters reach a critical value. A change in the stability or types of solutions which occur as a parameter is varied in a dissipative dynamic system; the change can be seen as a bifurcation point in a graph of the parameter being varied vs one of the properties of the solutions.
Vox populi
A splitting into 2 parts.
Clinical trials
BIFURCATION
Evaluation of the Cypher sirolimus-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with bifurcation. A trial comparing the use of either one drug-eluting stent in the main branch and provisional stenting in the side branch or definitive stents in both vessels.
Results
Major acute cardiac events and target vessel revascularisation in CABG patients was 19% in stent + provisional stent patients and 14% in stent + PTCA (definitive) patients.
Logistics
Randomised, multicentre, US; 86 patients
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn) [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
bifurcation
A fork or double prong. Bifurcations are very common in blood vessels and in the bronchial ‘tree’ of the lungs. At a bifurcation the sum of the cross-sectional area of the two branches usually exceeds that of the parent branch. Since this happens many times, there is a progressive increase in the unit volume of the system.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
bi·fur·ca·tion
(bī'fŭr-kā'shŭn) [TA]A forking; a division into two branches.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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