Pages tagged: heart-lung machine

You may have seen the photograph or painting of the crowded OR in which Dr. Cooley performed one of many...

Register Today The annual Perfusion Conference will be held June 5-6 and broadcasted from the Texas Heart Institute – The Denton...

The Texas Heart Institute (THI) School of Perfusion Technology held its on June 7-8. The two-day long conference featured leaders...

The anomalies associated with coarctation of the aorta may have various forms. In some instances, a bypass using a Dacron...

Two major advances in medicine made heart surgery possible: The heart-lung machine, which takes over the work of the heart. Body cooling techniques, which allow more time for surgery without causing brain damage.