Route Location of Fluid Drain Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (VP shunt) Peritoneal cavity Ventriculo-atrial shunt (VA shunt) Right atrium of the heart Ventriculo-pleural shunt (VPL shunt) Pleural cavity Ventriculo-cisternal shunt (VC shunt) Cisterna magna Ventriculo-subgaleal shunt (SG shunt) Subgaleal space Lumbar-peritoneal shunt (LP shunt) Peritoneal cavity