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PRONUNCIATION OF HEART-LUNG MACHINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEART-LUNG MACHINE

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Heart-Lung machine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HEART-LUNG MACHINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heart-lung machine

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Cardiopulmonary bypass is a technique that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, maintaining the circulation of blood and the oxygen content of the body. The CPB pump itself is often referred to as a heart–lung machine or "the pump". Cardiopulmonary bypass pumps are operated by perfusionists. CPB is a form of extracorporeal circulation.

Definition of heart-lung machine in the English dictionary

The definition of heart-lung machine in the dictionary is a machine used to maintain the circulation and oxygenation of the blood during heart surgery.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEART-LUNG MACHINE

heart operation
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heart surgeon
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heart-rate monitor
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heart-searching
heart-shaped
heart-throb
heart-to-heart
heart-warming
heart-water
heart-whole
heart-wholeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEART-LUNG MACHINE

answering machine
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Synonyms and antonyms of heart-lung machine in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heart-lung machine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEART-LUNG MACHINE

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The translations of heart-lung machine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heart-lung machine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

心脏心肺机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

máquina de corazón - pulmón
570 millions of speakers

English

heart-lung machine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिल फेफड़ों मशीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جهاز القلب و الرئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аппарат искусственного кровообращения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

máquina coração-pulmão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হৃদয় উদয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

machine cœur-poumon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Landak jantung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Herz -Lungen-Maschine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人工心肺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심장 - 폐 기계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong tuwa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy tim-phổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதய முள்ளால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हृदयातील साखळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kalp urchin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macchina cuore - polmone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płuco-serce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

апарат штучного кровообігу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aparatul cord -pulmon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μηχανή καρδιάς-πνευμόνων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hart - long- masjien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjärtlungmaskin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hjerte - lunge-maskin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heart-lung machine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEART-LUNG MACHINE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heart-lung machine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEART-LUNG MACHINE»

Discover the use of heart-lung machine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heart-lung machine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Biomedical Engineering
1.3.3 Development of the Heart-Lung Machine One of the major advances in biomedical science is the invention and refinement of artificial circulation, also known as the heart-lung machine (also referred as pump oxygenator). The heart- lung ...
Sundararajan V. Madihally, 2010
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Cardiac Anesthesia: Principles and Clinical Practice
But such technology did not exist, and the patient did not recover from the pulmonary embolectomy that was performed the following morning. Based on this experience, Dr. Gibbon made up his mind to try to develop a heart-lung machine ...
Fawzy G. Estafanous, Paul G. Barash, J. G. Reves, 2001
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On Bypass: Advanced Perfusion Techniques
Among the topics covered in this comprehensive text are pediatric perfusion techniques for complex congenital, separation from cardiopumonary bypass, blood flow during cardiopumonary bypass, and minimally invasive perfusion techniques.
Linda B. Mongero, James R. Beck, 2009
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How it Works: Science and Technology
In most cases, the patient is kept alive by cardiopulmonary bypass, whereby blood that arrives at the heart through the inferior and superior venae cavae is diverted to a heart-lung machine. Such devices have oxygenators that imbue blood ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2003
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Barron's how to Prepare for the CLAST
ESSAY 4 Every day the heart-lung machine saves someone's life. Each day we walk by someone who is alive because of a heart-lung machine. Each day in hospitals throughout the world, skilled surgeons perform difficult surgery with the aid ...
Robert D. Postman, 2003
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Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence
The patient did not survive an attempted pulmonary embolectomy.27 Gibbon's work on the heart-lung machine took place over the next 25 years, in laboratories at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, and ...
Jeffrey Norton, Philip S. Barie, Ralph R. Bollinger, 2009
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Perioperative Care in Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery
Today, >650,000 cardiac procedures are performed annually in the United States utilizing the heart-lung machine for car- diopulmonary bypass (CPB). The heart- lung machine is a series of electronically controlled pumps, which circulates ...
Davy C. H. Cheng, Tirone E. David, 2006
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Biomaterials in Modern Medicine: The Groningen Perspective
In these situations the pump function of the heart and the function of the lungs can be taken over by a heart-lung machine. This chapter describes the so-called cardiopulmonary bypass, its advantages and disadvantages, its post-operative ...
G. Rakhorst, Rutger Jan Ploeg, 2008
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A dream of the heart: the life of John H. Gibbon, Jr., ...
A biography of the man who invented the heart-lung machine, making modern heart surgery possible.
Harris B. Shumacker, 1999
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Excel HSC & Preliminary Senior Science
In a heart-lung machine, tubes are inserted into the main veins. The blood returning to the heart can then be diverted to the heart-lung machine. Oxygenated blood is pumped back into the aorta (and then into the heart) through another tube.
Jennifer Hill, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEART-LUNG MACHINE»

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Heart Valve Quickens Interest In Edwards Lifesciences EW MDT
With THV, a diseased heart valve can be replaced without opening the chest and connecting the patient temporarily to a heart-lung machine. «Investor's Business Daily, Jul 15»
2
CMCH's equipment requirements assessed
Hospital officials also briefed the JICA team about the equipment needed for cardio-thoracic surgeries such as heart-lung machine, ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
Sorin Group Announces Global Launch of Its Latest Generation of …
... The Netherlands, who controlled remotely the FlexTherm system located outside the operating room, from the S5 heart-lung machine. «PharmiWeb.com, Jul 15»
4
ACA is saving my daughter but others aren't so lucky
The surgeon broke her breast bone, the surgical team stopped her heart and put her on a heart-lung machine. Believe me, I don't want her to ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
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The bypass to an epochal medical event
We did not have a perfusionist to operate the heart-lung machine. ... up and a Railway signals engineer handled the heart-lung machine during ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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UCMed opens cardiovascular center
The hospital bought the newest heart-lung machine—the Stockert S5-the first in Visayas and Mindanao. The cardiovascular recovery room is a ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
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Canadians with heart help Guyanese children
Steve Taylor joined them, having already shipped a heart-lung machine once used on patients in Halifax through the foundation known ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
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Acute Kidney Injury Linked to Increased Risk of High Blood Pressure
... and to perform “off-pump” or “beating heart” cardiac bypass surgery rather than using a heart-lung machine to stop the heart during surgery. «UCSF News Services, Jul 15»
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Tranexamic Acid (TXA): Drug Whys
... kilogram added to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (heart-lung machine) and an infusion of 10 milligrams per kilogram per hour for the duration of surgery. «EMS1.com, Jul 15»
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Class: antifibrinolytic agent, antihemophilic agent, hemostatic agent …
... kilogram added to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (heart-lung machine) and an infusion of 10 milligrams per kilogram per hour for the duration of surgery. «EMS1.com, Jun 15»

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