Japan’s first open-heart surgery with pump oxygenator

Heart pump and oxygenator.

1124 T ms PAPER is a general review of the development of the artificial heart-lung to facilitate open-heart surgery. At the close of World War II many centers began investigating the possibility of total cardiac bypass. Oven the past decade, pump oxygenerators of various types have become popular and recent clinical successes throughout the world have given further impetus to the study of prob...

Results of open heart surgery without donor blood prime in pump-oxygenator.

Effect of Instructional Videos on Postoperative Respiratory Function in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Open Heart Surgery

Background: Respiratory function in patients undergoing open heart surgery is disrupted after surgery.  Patient education on managing complications can reduce occurrence or severity of them. A variety of educational tools has been introduced, but there are controversies about the most appropriate tools. Aim: Determine the effect of instructional videos on respiratory function of the patients af...

Theory and practice in the use of a pump-oxygenator for open intracardiac surgery.

It is now accepted that certain intracardiac operations are best accomplished with the aid of a mechanical pump-oxygenator for the extracorporeal circulation and oxygenation of blood. There is not general agreement on either the theory or practice of establishing the extracorporeal circulation. Perhaps at this stage there is merit in recording some of the conclusions arrived at by one group aft...

Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery (Open-Closed Heart)

In this paper the duties of an anesthesiologist and his right of i=;electing patient is discussed. La,ter, we di:=:cuss the <::mergencies cf heart surgery, pre up visit and alsc few dcails of pre up medication cf thei,e pati<mts. We also touch on the stages of anesthPsia and point to our preference for the use cf artery and vein for arterial and venous cannulation. In this paper we discuss in b...