Perf today announced the first-in-human use of its new dual-flow femoral arterial cannula device for preventing ischemia.
THE ideal perfusion fluid for use in an artificial cardiopulmonary system should approach the patient's own blood in composition. For this reason antigenically compatible donor blood with viable ...
THE principal use of extracorporeal perfusion has been to make possible operative procedures with-in the heart. Pump oxygenators are used to replace the function of both the heart and lungs while such ...
The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, ...
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Patient survives three days on pig liver device before transplant
The liver of a 56-year-old male patient was severely damaged. Chronic hepatitis B, compounded by alcoholic liver injury, ...
When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...
Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin to die. It only takes another five minutes for irreversible neurological ...
Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin to die. It only takes another five minutes for irreversible neurological ...
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