Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Key Takeaways A heart-lung machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs during surgeries.It oxygenates and circulates blood when a person's heart or ...

Patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- a type of heart-lung bypass therapy -- typically need extended bed rest, due to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Sometimes the old ways are better. Historically, surgeons performing ...

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Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953. Dr. John Gibbon was a researcher and surgeon at Jefferson Medical ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Allowing the heart to keep beating during coronary bypass surgery is riskier than stopping the heart and using a heart-lung machine to keep the patient alive, researchers reported ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico Hospital is teaming up with Albuquerque Fire Rescue to better respond to patients suffering from cardiac arrest. The hospital says they will ...

Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, surgeons graft arteries, fix structural defects or transplant entire hearts.

Learn how ECMO supports the heart and lungs during critical illness. Explore how it works, when it's used, its benefits, ...

Cardiothoracic patients from across New Zealand will benefit from eight new state-of-the-art heart and lung bypass machines at Auckland City Hospital, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “This is a ...