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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
A new, commercially available roller pump system able to deliver pulsatile and nonpulsatile flow has been studied in patients undergoing elective open-heart surgical procedures. The pulsatile pump (Stöckert Instrumente) may be used with standard extracorporeal circuit equipment and consistently produces a peripheral arterial pulse pressure of 25 to 30 mm. Hg at mean flow rates of 3.5 to 4.0 L. per minute. Twenty patients, arbitrarily allocated to pulsatile or nonpulsatile groups, have been studied. There were no significant differences between the groups in respect of age, weight, bypass time, pump flow, or mean arterial pressure during bypass. Comparative studies of the hematologic effects of pulsatile and nonpulsatile perfusion were carried out. There was no evidence of increased hemolysis with pulsatile flow, nor was there increased depletion of red blood cells (RBC's) or platelets in the pulsatile group. This pulsatile pump system may therefore be used to produce pulsatile perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass without the fear of producing excessive blood cell trauma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
569-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative studies of pulsatile and nonpulsatile flow during cardiopulmonary bypass. I. Pulsatile system employed and its hematologic effects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study