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Photograph depicting the close up of a Biomedicus (Medtronic Inc) pump with the inlet and outlet connectors. Two pumps were used, one for the right ventricular bypass and one for the left ventricular bypass.
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Left heart bypass was achieved by inserting a 38 French angled anvil cannula (left atrial cannula) through a purse string suture in the right superior pulmonary vein and the inflow cannula was the aortic 24 French cannula initially used for CPB (Fig. 1).
Photograph of the console of the Biomedicus pump (Medtronic Inc), two consoles independent of each other controlled the Biomedicus pumps individually in terms of flow and revolutions per minute.
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With all cannulae in place and secured, heart assist was established and acceptable flow rates in the region of 2.2 lt/min/m2 achieved (Fig. 2 and 3).
Illustration depicting the insertion of the cannulas for BIVAD.
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With all cannulae in place and secured, heart assist was established and acceptable flow rates in the region of 2.2 lt/min/m2 achieved (Fig. 2 and 3).