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<p><b>Cardiopulmonary bypass</b> (<b>CPB</b>) or <b>heart-lung machine</b>, also called <b>the pump</b> or <b>CPB pump</b>, is a machine, operated by a <a href="page.php?w=Perfusionist">cardiac perfusionist</a>, that temporarily takes over the function of the <a href="page.php?w=heart">heart</a> and <a href="page.php?w=lung">lung</a>s during <a href="page.php?w=open-heart_surgery">open-heart surgery</a> by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body. As such it is an <a href="page.php?w=Extracorporeal">extracorporeal device</a>.</p><p>
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