Original Article

Effective Venous Cannulation for Total Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegic Arrest

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, The General Hospital, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1B 3V6
² Project Four Perfusion Services, Inc., 2033 Gloucester Street, Boise, Idaho, 83706

^* Direct communications to: Reprint requests to Jim Kersting CCP at above address

Received: August 1981
Revised: 17 September 1981
Accepted: 28 October 1981

Abstract

A technique is described which permits complete and reliable drainage of the heart and lungs during total cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery bypass grafting. The technique minimizes the influx of warm blood into the arrested heart, and utilizes existing disposable devices.