Arterial Cannula
Aortic Cannula · Aortic Perfusion Cannula · Arterial Perfusion Cannula
A clear plastic tube with a wire-reinforceree-in-FORSTo repeat and support teaching or care that has already been started, so the client remembers and follows it.Full entry wall and a short, firm tip that may be straight or angled. The back end has a connector for the arterial linear-TEER-ee-ul lineA thin catheter placed in an artery, often in the wrist, to measure blood pressure all the time and draw blood.Full entry and often a small vent port.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Returns oxygenated bloodOK-sih-juh-nay-tid bludBlood that has picked up oxygen in the lungs and is ready to carry it to the body.Full entry from the heart-lung machine to the patient during cardiopulmonarykar-dee-oh-PUL-muh-nair-eeRelating to the heart and lungs together.cardi/o heartpulmon/o lung-ary relating toFull entry bypass. It is usually placed in the ascending aorta through a double row of purse-string sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry ; the angled tip directs blood toward the descending thoracicthuh-RAS-ikRelating to the chest, or to the middle part of the spine.thorac/o chest-ic relating toFull entry aorta. It is the first cannulaKAN-yoo-luhA thin tube placed into the body or a body opening to deliver or remove fluid or air.Full entry placed for standard bypass.
Lengths and variants
Sized by French and effective length, for example LivaNova Optiflow 21 Fr (7.0 mm, 24 cm) and 24 Fr (8.0 mm, 25 cm). Straight or curved tip, with or without a sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry collar or flange. femoralFEM-er-ulRelating to the thigh or the femur, the thigh bone.Full entry arterial cannulaKAN-yoo-luhA thin tube placed into the body or a body opening to deliver or remove fluid or air.Full entry are a separate, longer, tapered type.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 32 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 905, 909
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 22 (Cardiothoracic Surgery), p. 1043
- livanova.com
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