A Mechanical Heart with Coagulable Blood
- 17 March 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 111 (2881) , 277-278
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.111.2881.277
Abstract
A method is described for taking blood (arterial, venous, or mixed) without extravasation (utilizing endothelial to endo-thelial junction of cannulae) frorr. any part of the body, raising or lowering the pressure to any desired level, and perfusing any organ, organs, or part of the body with this blood which is sent back to the right heart through a jugular vein. Details for prepn. of this artificial heart are given. It is reported that the output of such a heart can reach 700-1000 ml./min. against a pressure ranging from the normal level up to 300 mm. It has been used to perfuse kidneys with arterial blood under varying pressures or with venous blood at arterial pressure.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: