RESERVOIR-ADDED CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CIRCUIT AND PULMONARY VEIN CANNULATION

Anıl Z. APAYDIN, Hakan POSACIOĞLU, Fatih İSLAMOĞLU, Suat BÜKET, *Arısan ERGİN

Ege Ünivesitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi, Anabilim Dalı, İzmir
^*Heart and Vascular Institute of New Jersey, Englewood, New Jersey, ABD

We report the use of a modified (reservoir-added) centrifugal pump circuit and technique of inferior pulmonary vein cannulation in operations on the descending and thoracoabdominal aorta. A reservoir, and two suction lines draining into it are added to the classical atriofemoral centrifugal pump circuit as modifications. Reservoir is connected to the venous in-flow line. Arterial line is connected to the reservoir and a central vein catheter via a recirculation line and a transfusion line, respectively. This circuit makes it possible to control the proximal and distal perfusion pressures by exchanging volume only.

Keywords : atriofemoral bypass, perfusion, aortic surgery

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