Extracorporeal Circulation Department

The department is primarily responsible for routine cardiopulmonary bypass during cardiac surgery and extracorporeal life support throughout the hospital. Its equipment includes cardiopulmonary bypass machines, 3T heater-cooler units, SORIN blood recovery machines, ECMO support equipment, CDI continuous blood gas monitors, mixed venous oxygen saturation monitors, and VAVD devices. It provides routine, neonatal and minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass; selective cerebral perfusion during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; regional perfusion; centrifugal-pump bypass; platelet-rich plasma separation; and extracorporeal life support.