When is a heart lung machine used?

rhianon689 · Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Hello! I have a friend who tells me that there is a machine that can replace heart and blood and it is called heart lung machine. We are at the final class of primary school and we will most probably go together to the medical school next year. That is why we are so interested in medicine. When is a heart lung machine used?

rozelle618 · Newbie Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1

Hello! Yes, there is a heart lung machine which is also called a lung heart machine, oxygenator bypass machine or pump oxygenator. It is used during an open-heart surgery such as bypass or valve surgery. The heart lung machine takes over the functions of the heart and lungs and it carefully stops the heart and drain of blood. Then the surgeons can operate in a blood-free surgical field without the interference of a beating heart.

When is a heart lung machine used?

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