Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Stedman's > cardiopulmonary bypass

cardiopulmonary bypass

diversion of the blood flow returning to the heart through a pump oxygenator (heart-lung machine) and then returning it to the arterial side of the circulation; used in operations upon the heart to maintain extracorporeal circulation.


 

 

 

 

 

 



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