Aortic Surgery Using Total Miniaturized Cardiopulmonary Bypass Richard W. Issitt, BSc(Hons), John W. Mulholland, BEng, Martin D. Oliver, BMedSci, Gemma J. Yarham, BSc(Hons), Philippa J. Borra, FRCA, Paul Morrison, FRCA, Ioannis Dimarakis, MD, Jon R. Anderson, FRCS(CTh) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 627-631 (August 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.015 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Schematic and flowchart of the extracorporeal circuit optimized (ECCO) total miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass system. (a) A 29-French OptiFlow venous cannula (Sorin Group, Mirandola, Italy); (b) venous air removal device; (c) centrifugal pump; (d) heat exchange, and oxygenator module; (e) arterial line filter; and (f) parallel soft-shell reservoir. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 627-631DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.015) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Schematic of the venous air removal device. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 86, 627-631DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.03.015) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions