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A Simplified Technic of Open Heart Surgery
Author(s) -
Beall Arthur C.,
Cooley Denton A.,
Hill William T.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.1965.tb01150.x
Subject(s) - cardiopulmonary bypass , medicine , surgery , anesthesia
Experimental and clinical investigations have demonstrated the superiority of disposable plastic oxygenators primed with 5 per cent dextrose in distilled water and normothermia for open heart surgery. Technical aspects of cardiopulmonary bypass have been simplified considerably by this method. Furthermore, numerous complications associated with the use of pooled homologous blood have been eliminated. Cardiopulmonary bypass now is available immediately in emergency situations, as well as in patients with religious objections to blood transfusion. During the past 28 months, 926 open heart operations have been performed using this method, and the results have been most gratifying.