A simple and effective left ventricular vent tube.
We have devised a simple, cheap, left ventricular vent that is relatively free from malfunction. It has further use in that it serves as a means of cooling the endocardium when hypothermic techniques are utilized.
D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007440:Intubation; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation