Illustration showing arterialized venous blood collection for continuous arterial perfusion
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Title
Illustration showing arterialized venous blood collection for continuous arterial perfusion
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Description
In 1955, surgeons at the University of Minnesota operated on 5 patients for open heart surgery using the method of continuous arterial perfusion.
Research showed that when deoxygenated (venous blood) was warmed at 45 degrees Celcius for 15 minutes, the chemical characteristics of the warmed blood resembled oxygenated (arterial) blood.
Prior to surgery, doctors collected warmed arterialized blood from donors. The blood was contained in a glass bottle, or reservoir. During the operation a patient's deoxygenated blood flowed to an an empty reservoir while the arterialized collected blood was delivered to the patient.
Research showed that when deoxygenated (venous blood) was warmed at 45 degrees Celcius for 15 minutes, the chemical characteristics of the warmed blood resembled oxygenated (arterial) blood.
Prior to surgery, doctors collected warmed arterialized blood from donors. The blood was contained in a glass bottle, or reservoir. During the operation a patient's deoxygenated blood flowed to an an empty reservoir while the arterialized collected blood was delivered to the patient.
Creator
University of Minnesota
Source
"Open heart surgery by arterialized reservoir, circa 1955," Box 111, C. Walton Lillehei papers, uarc2000-7, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
circa 1955
Rights
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Format
Print Photograph
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0297
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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Original Format
Print Photograph
Citation
University of Minnesota, “Illustration showing arterialized venous blood collection for continuous arterial perfusion,” Gallery, accessed April 25, 2024, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/3000.