ASSISTED CIRCURATION BY THE CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMPS FOR THE PATIENTS WITH PROFOUND CARDIAC FAILURE AFTER SURGERY

Abstract

We applied various centrifugal blood pumps for assisted circuration in 21 cases who had undergone cardiac or aortic surgery during last seven years. Eight out of 21 cases had left heart assist. One case out of 21 had right heart assist. Remaining 13 casses had both left and right heart assist. In this series three could be weaned from the all assist blood pumps and two of these three were survived. Centrifugal blood pumps are very effective in hemodynamics. Compare to the pulsatile blood pump, centrifugal blood pump is easy to use as a pump for circuratory assist from the applicavility, availability and economical view points. Its efficacy is comparable with pulsatile assist blood pump especially when applied with IABP.