cardiopulmonary bypass

Mr. Nelson is a former heart surgeon who helped develop a heart-lung machine to support the first open-heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass.

Mr. Nelson, who helped develop a heart-lung machine used to support the first open-heart surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass, was appointed a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, its governing council, in 1984, serving there until January 2018 when he succeeded LDS Church President Thomas Monson, who died at age 90.

The medical device maker received U.S. approval for its latest cardiopulmonary bypass system.

After three long paragraphs describing the patient’s history, her diagnosis, the medications that had been tried and failed, the prep of her body and the mechanics of cardiopulmonary bypass, Lefrak summarized the entire four-hour transplant in one sentence: “The donor heart was sutured in place using the standardized technique.”

However, more than 250,000 cardiopulmonary bypass operations are performed in the U.S. each year and authorities say the overall infection risk is low.