The enabler right ventricular circulatory support system for beating heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery Gijs G Geskes, MD, André L Dekker, MSc, Frederik H van der Veen, PhD, Audrey A Cramers, MD, Jos G Maessen, MD, PhD, David Shoshani, MD, Kees B Prenger, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 1558-1561 (October 1999) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00964-9
Fig 1 The position of the Enabler cannula. The inflow valve lies centrally within the right atrium, the outflow tip lies proximally in the pulmonary artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 1558-1561DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00964-9)
Fig 2 Typical pressure-volume loops obtained with a conductance catheter (sheep no. 6). (A) Left ventricle. Baseline stroke volume, 45 mL; Tilted stroke volume, 34 mL; Enabler On stroke volume, 40 mL. (B) Right ventricle. Baseline stroke volume, 43 mL; Tilted stroke volume, 33 mL; Enabler On stroke volume, 23 mL. Enabler was set at 2.0 L/min (Enabler stroke volume 17 mL). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1999 68, 1558-1561DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00964-9)