TY - JOUR AU - Wheeldon, Dereck AB - evaluations Equipment heater-chiller for cardiac Dual purpose surgery Dereck Wheeldon Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 1 ntroduction The standard unit involves at least two in 1. heart The standard machine is illustrated usually Open surgery Figure circuits. The The feed water is selected on a perfusion pri- temper- temperature-controlled temperature total circuit ature controller in the + 2°C- commonly provides body temper- mary (Figure 2), range heat ature control of an 42°C and maintained within Two external by way integral exchanger, + 0-4’C. the A of which is of circuits can be each with its own flow oxygenator. variety connected, part for the of circuits control which is maintained a delivery cardioplegia secondary by centrifugal pump. are of various The second set of outlets is intended for connection and/or topical hypothermia types, also to a water blanket or other usually employed. secondary system. The of the Gambro a three- control is obtained Hyper-Hypothermia design Temperature using facilitates the of Unit motor valve which mixes water 10-200) possibility (Hyp way proportionally both of these of In for from the or vessel requirements by way (Figure 3). providing cooling heating a modification. We have used two of these 1 is main- the vessel TI - Dual purpose heater-chiller for cardiac surgery: JO - Perfusion DO - 10.1177/026765918700200407 DA - 2016-06-30 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/dual-purpose-heater-chiller-for-cardiac-surgery-ZG4S09hVF9 SP - 283 EP - 285 VL - 2 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -