Q: Do they stop the heart during an open heart surgery? A: The heart is stopped in most of the open heart surgeries. The cardiopulmonary bypass machine takes the action of the heart during the surgery ...

The cardiopulmonary bypass machine is a device which is used in open heart surgeries to support the body when the heart is stopped. It functions like both the heart and the lung; it oxygenates the ...

A groundbreaking hybrid cardiac surgery combining open bypass and minimally invasive techniques was successfully performed on ...

The level of familiarity among a cardiac surgical team—including surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists—does not appear to reduce patient morbidity and mortality but is directly related to ...

In a first for Southeast Asia, a 29-year-old man underwent a a rare life-saving hybrid cardiac surgery, combining open bypass ...

A consortium of thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists has released a guideline that attempts to describe best practices for the use of anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass.

Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) might reduce the ...

Recent data suggest that almost 10% of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are readmitted to hospital within 30 days of surgery. Patients who lack primary care follow-up have ...