A sterile, single lumen, tubular device designed to deliver cardioplegic solution to the aortic root to stop the beating of the heart and maintain it dormant; it may also be used to vent the aorta and the left heart during a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure...
A thick plastic tube designed to decompress a heart chamber during a surgical procedure. It is typically used to decompress the left heart during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, especially the left ventricle during aortic cross-clamping. It may include a pr...
A hand-held manual surgical instrument designed for the temporary, atraumatic compression of the section of aorta effected by coarctation (i.e., a congenital narrowing of the aorta in the vicinity of the insertion of the ductus arteriosus). It typically has...