THE BY-PASS MACHINE

‘Artificial Circulation’ is another description of a heart-lung bypass machine.

This machine takes over the work of your heart and lungs during the operation.

Surgeons can stop a heart for many hours and maintain the circulation of the blood during surgery.

Your body is controlled and blood is cooled as it moves through the machine.

The machine take over the pumping work/action of the heart, and the oxygen transfer of the lungs

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