[First clinical test of the use of artificial blood circulation with auto-oxygenation]

Thirteen operations for ischemic heart disease were performed in the All-Union Surgery Centre of the AMS USSR using the method of simultaneous left and right heart bypass with oxygenation of the blood in the patient's lungs. This method was found to provide for a better gas exchange in artificial lung ventilation (ALV) with 30 per cent oxygen in the inhaled mixture, and for the reduction in the perfusion blood damage. The biventricular bypass is more complicated technically than the conventional artificial circulation (AC), but it is believed to be more physiological and cost-effective, which allows for considering it an alternative in aortocoronary bypass surgery.