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Are you consider alive or dead when on a heart lung bypass machine?
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∙ 13y ago
Typically, if your brain is still in operating form, you are considered to be alive, so to answer your question you would be considered alive.
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Who is the person who operates the heart-lung bypass machine during open heart surgery?
The cardiovascular perfusionist is who operates the heart-lung bypass machine during open heart surgery.
What is a cardiopulmonary bypass pump also called?
A Heart-lung bypass machine
Who invented the heart bypass machine?
Dr jay weeb north caloriina
How long can you heart live after you die?
It can't live after brain death unless your body is on a heart/lung bypass machine.
What is a Heart-lung bypass machine also called?
heart lung machine is very important because without a pumping system for the duration of the surgery the patient will die. Therefore a machine is needed to do the work of the heart, which is what the heart-lung machine does, it pumps blood and re oxygenates it at the same time.
What is bypassed in bypass?
A "bypass machine" bypasses the heart and pumps oxygenated blood around the body. It is used during open-heart surgery. A "coronary bypass" changes the route by which blood circulates to the heart. It is normally used when main blood vessels have become narrowed or blocked. This is what some people refer to as a "double bypass", "triple bypass", "quadruple bypass" etc... , depending on how many veins have to be re-routed. A "gastric bypass" (weight-loss surgery) involves a large section of the stomach and small intestine being bypassed, so that fewer calories can be absorbed.
What machine that can treat the heart disease?
No actual machine had been invented to treat heart disease. There are machines that have been invented to diagnose and operate on the heart in order to declog or bypass the artery. The treatment usually is a combination of pharmaceutical agents, physical therapy and alternative lifestyle. There is however, a machine that can predict heart attack risk - see related link.
When is bypass surgery needed?
It depends on the bypass. If you are talking about a cardiac bypass, then it should be done as soon as possible if necessary. A cardiac bypass is necessary if an artery supplying blood to the heart muscle is blocked. If you are talking about gastric bypass, I believe that is solely a recommendation/optional surgery to assist in a weight-loss plan. So, in short, it depends on the bypass in question.
How is heart surgery for congenital defects performed?
These procedures are performed under general anesthesia. Some require the use of a heart-lung machine, which takes over for the heart and lungs during the procedure, providing cardiopulmonary bypass.
Is there a 5 way bypass heart surgery?
It's a quintuple bypass. My dad had a quintuple bypass in September 2010. Coronary artery bypass surgery, also coronary artery bypass graft CABG 'pronounced cabbage'. 1 - Single bypass 2 - Double bypass 3 - Triple bypass 4 - Quadruple bypass 5 - Quintuple bypass 6 - Sextuple bypass
Why is smoking harm full after heart bypass?
Smoking thickens the blood and that means that after a bypass it is putting extra pressure on your heart.
What is myocardial resection?
After receiving a general anesthetic, an incision will be made in the chest to expose the heart. Cardiopulmonary bypass (to a heart-lung machine) will be instituted since this procedure requires direct visualization of the heart muscle
