The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 44, 90-90, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
A technique for avoidance of hypothermia during prolonged mechanical circulatory support with centrifugal pumps
JN Young, R Belz, LI Iverson, CL Ennix Jr, RR Ecker, RD May, R Masterson and IA May
Systemic hypothermia became a major problem in one of our patients
undergoing postcardiotomy mechanical circulatory support with a centrifugal
pump. We have developed a technique to prevent systemic hypothermia in this
setting by applying an adapted topical cardiac cooling device to the
centrifugal pump heads.