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How come a patient connected to heart-lung machine during double lung transplants?
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Oxygenation: The lungs need to be disconnected from the heart and the new once attached. This cannot happen with the heart beating; blood circulation needs to be stopped in the heart and lungs. During this time the machine oxygenates and pumps the blood to the rest of the body.
Answered 12/30/2013
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