Download or read book On Bypass written by Linda B. Mongero and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the introduction of cardiac surgery more than five decades ago and the use of the heart-lung machine for open heart surgical procedures granting the surgeon unlimited time in which to operate inside the heart, a complex task has been given to the Perfusionist. With a pairing of a perfusionist and a surgeon for each chapter, this book is an essential collection of techniques and protocols to aid in decision making in the operating room.