title: Venous drainage with a single peripheral bicaval cannula for less invasive atrial septal defect repair.
abstract: New peripheral venous cannulae have recently been proposed for minimally invasive open cardiac surgery. We present a femoral venous cannula designed to simultaneously drain both superior and inferior vena cavae. Used in adult patients for atrial septal defect repair, the cannula allowed passive blood drainage of 70.6% +/- 11.7% of theoretical cardiac output. Drainage was augmented to 93.4% +/- 8.6% of theoretical cardiac output by means of a centrifugal pump.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. hendrik.tevaearai@hola.hospvd.ch
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Tevaearai
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jegger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruchat
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: von Segesser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D014680:Veins