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Preferred term

Cardiopulmonary Bypass  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Bypass, Cardiopulmonary
  • Bypasses, Cardiopulmonary
  • Bypasses, Heart-Lung
  • Bypass, Heart-Lung
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypasses
  • Heart Lung Bypass
  • Heart-Lung Bypass
  • Heart-Lung Bypasses

Note

  • diverts blood from right atrium; HEART BYPASS, LEFT which diverts blood from left atrium is also available; /instrum: consider HEART-LUNG MACHINE

Scope note

  • Diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance of the right atrium directly to the aorta (or femoral artery) via an oxygenator thus bypassing both the heart and lungs.

History note

  • 77(75); was see under EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION 1967-76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002315

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