Method for improved use of heart/lung machine
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1. A method of assisting cardiopulmonary bypass, comprising threading a coil through the right atrium, the right ventricle and into the pulmonary artery across the pulmonary artery valve to keep the pulmonary artery valve open during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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Long term closed chest partial and total cardiopulmonary bypass by peripheral cannulation for severe right and/or left ventricular failure is achieved by the use of a percutaneous coil positioned in the pulmonary artery across the pulmonary artery valve to decompress the left heart.
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- 1. A method of assisting cardiopulmonary bypass, comprising threading a coil through the right atrium, the right ventricle and into the pulmonary artery across the pulmonary artery valve to keep the pulmonary artery valve open during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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