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. 2011 Sep;43(3):170-1.

We are forever pumping air: the human body has the amazing ability to absorb gaseous microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass

Jeff B Riley  1
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We are forever pumping air: the human body has the amazing ability to absorb gaseous microemboli during cardiopulmonary bypass

Jeff B Riley. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2011 Sep.
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The author borrowed this title from a hands-on demonstration at an early American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology International Conference circa 1982. The table top circuit display featured a fluid loop, a heat exchanger/heater-cooler, and a transmembrane pressure bubble detector that demonstrated the impressive release of gaseous microemboli when the fluid temperature changed more than 4°C. The demonstration left an impression on the author.

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