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The Necessity for Arterial Extra-Corporeal Line Pressure Monitoring for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

The University of the Orange Free State, Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

^* Address reprint requests to Alastair F. Hope, C.S.A., The University of the Orange Free State, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa

Received: 8 April 1981
Revised: October 1981
Accepted: December 1981

Abstract

The measurement and monitoring of the pressure generated by the arterial pump in the tubing proximal to the arterial cannula of the extra-corporeal circuit is important, as malposition of the arterial cannula can be avoided or corrected in many instances. This paper reviews the technique of arterial line pressure monitoring for cardiopulmonary bypass.