An improved technique for venous drainage and right heart decompression.
Venous return for cardiopulmonary bypass is successfully achieved using of two stage cavoatrial cannula. Right heart decompression is facilitated and drainage optimized by the use of a caval occluding clamp which stabilizes the cannula. This technique is described.
McNicholas
K W
KW
Medical Center of Delaware, Christiana Hospital, Newark.
Spagna
P M
PM
Karmilowicz
N P
NP
Serra
A J
AJ
Lemole
G M
GM
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003250:Constriction; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans