[Role of academic B.V. Petrovskiĭ in the development of extracorporeal circulation]

The paper shows the role of Academician B.V. Petrovsky and his scientific school in the development of extracorporeal circulation, as well as his ties with S.S. Bryukhonenko (1890-1960), the founder of extracorporeal circulation in Russia. Heart-lung apparatuses were designed with the participation of collaborators of the Surgery Research Center (SRC), Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. A short account is given of the principal aspects of extracorporeal circulation, which have been studied at the SRC, such as protective blood flow distribution, centralization of circulation, the optimal perfusion rate, criteria for adequate extracorporeal circulation, control of blood coagulation and acid-base state, blood concentration, extracorporeal circulation with autooxygenation, hyperbaric perfusion, normothermal perfusion with continuous warm blood cardioplegia).