title: Extracorporeal blood pumping during heart-lung bypass.
abstract: This article describes three different types of extracorporeal blood pumps and the physiology of blood flow and analyzes the circulatory changes introduced by the pumping during heart-lung bypass. Associated clinical problems are briefly discussed.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Blackshear
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Blackshear
mesh_terms: D001775:Blood Circulation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006355:Heart-Lung Machine / Q000145:classification*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans