| Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 13, Number 2, April 1981
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| Page(s) | 194 - 197 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/1981132194 | |
| Published online | 04 October 2023 | |
Original Article
Evaluation of a Topical Myocardial Cooling Device and Comparison of Technical Modalities for Maintaining Myocardial Hypothermia
From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Luke’s Hospital Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, and The Phoenix Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
* Address correspondence to: R. Leighton Fisk. M.D., 525 North 18th Street, # 5, Phoenix, Arizona 85006
** Cobe Laboratories, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado.
A technically simple, water-filled envelope with cold fluid recirculation was compared to topical cold lavage with respect to the maintenance of myocardial hypothermia during aorto-coronary bypass operations. In order to compare the efficiency of the two methods it was necessary to derive the percentage rewarming (PR), of the myocardium toward body temperature for each. Rewarming of the interventricular septum was slower using the cooling device. There were no complications attributable to the use of the topical cooling device.
© 1981 AMSECT
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