The use of a vent for the left ventricle as a means of avoiding air embolism to the systemic circulation during open cardiotomy with the maintenance of the cardiorespiratory function of animals by a pump oxygenator.
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D004617:Embolism; D004618:Embolism, Air; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006355:Heart-Lung Machine; D010106:Oxygenators; D013903:Thoracic Surgery
C070331:Tli polymerase; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
CARDIOVASCULAR DEFECTS, CONGENITAL/experimental; EMBOLISM; HEART/surgery