heart-lung machine
noun
: a mechanical pump that maintains circulation during heart surgery by shunting blood away from the heart, oxygenating it, and returning it to the body
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This alternative type of cancer treatment uses a heart-lung machine to heat a patient's blood outside the body as a means of shrinking tumors.
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Khloe Quill, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
The procedure offers an alternative to connecting the patient to a heart-lung machine and repairing or replacing the mitral valve in open-heart surgery.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Most viral pneumonia can only be treated with supportive care, such as providing oxygen; people with severe cases may require ventilators, heart-lung machines and other forms of mechanical ventilation, Offit says.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The basic technology behind ECPR has existed since the 1950s, when both CPR and the first heart-lung machines were developed.
—Erica Westly, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2023
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Khloe Quill, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
The procedure offers an alternative to connecting the patient to a heart-lung machine and repairing or replacing the mitral valve in open-heart surgery.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Most viral pneumonia can only be treated with supportive care, such as providing oxygen; people with severe cases may require ventilators, heart-lung machines and other forms of mechanical ventilation, Offit says.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The basic technology behind ECPR has existed since the 1950s, when both CPR and the first heart-lung machines were developed.
—Erica Westly, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2023
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heart-lung machine
noun
heart-lung ma·chine
ˌhärt-ˈləŋ-mə-ˌshēn 
: a mechanical pump that maintains circulation during heart surgery by shunting blood away from the heart, oxygenating it, and returning it to the body
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