title: Present status and future of cardiopulmonary bypass in China.
abstract: Twenty Chinese hospitals specialising in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) carrying out 13 274 procedures were selected for analysis. The technique of CPB was used during surgery for cyanotic and non-cyanotic congenital heart disease, valve replacement, coronary bypass grafting, operations on the great vessels and emergency procedures. A wide variety of CPB techniques, equipment and monitoring procedures were in use across the country. There is a need for standardisation of equipment and procedures, for broadening the skill base of perfusionists, and for the introduction of professional standards to the field whose personnel come from a variety of backgrounds.
authors.affiliation: Cardiopulmonary Bypass Group, Chinese Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiaogin