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A Perfusion Technologist runs the bypass machine, commonly known as the heart lung machine during open heart surgery.
Once the heart is visible, the patient may be connected to a heart-lung bypass machine. The machine moves blood away from the heart so that the surgeon can operate. Some newer procedures do not use this machine. The surgeon uses a healthy vein or artery to make a new path around the blocked artery.