The Heart

Cardiopulmonary Bypass

By Salvatore Tribastone in The Heart | 0 comments

For its normal operation and management during cardiac surgery, it’s necessary the presence of specialized personnel, the cardiopulmonary bypass technician (perfusionist), who takes care, following the instructions of the cardiac surgeon, to start the CPB, to conduct it in the various phases of the intervention and to stop it when the cardiac surgeon completes the heart surgery.