Open Heart Surgery Using Total Body Perfusion

George StirlingAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

Richard A. DeWallAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

Herbert E. WardenAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

Richard L. VarcoAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

C. Walton LilleheiAlfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

Abstract

Total cardiopulmonary by-pass by means of the pump-oxygenator is now a safe, reliable technic and allows surgical correction of many intracardiac lesions. Direct-vision surgical procedures are carried out at normal body temperature, with optimal function of the heart and body. Ventricular septal defect and tetralogy of Fallot are the most commonly encountered lesions and are included in the four case histories presented to illustrate methods of preoperative evaluation and application of technics.

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