Editing Perfusionist (section)

{{Short description|Healthcare professional who uses the cardiopulmonary bypass machine}}
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[[Image:Coronary artery bypass surgery Image 657C-PH.jpg|thumb|right|320px|A '''perfusionist''' in front of a [[heart–lung machine]] (upper right) early in a [[coronary artery bypass surgery]]]]
A '''cardiovascular perfusionist''', '''clinical perfusionist''' or '''perfusiologist''', and occasionally a '''cardiopulmonary bypass doctor'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eacts.org/faculty/yuri-ganushchak-2/ |title=Yuri Ganushchak |website=eacts.org |publisher=European Association for Cardio-Throacic Surgery |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Beating Heart Bypass Surgery and Minimally Invasive Conduit Harvesting |isbn=978-3-7985-1399-0 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |editor-last1=Gulielmos |editor-first1=Vassilios |page=179 |date=31 October 2008}}</ref> or '''clinical perfusion scientist''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/healthcare-science/roles-healthcare-science/physiological-sciences/clinical-perfusion-science |title=Clinical perfusion science |website=healthcareers.nhs.uk |publisher=[[Health Education England]] |access-date=1 April 2019|date=2015-03-25 }}</ref> is a [[healthcare professional]] who operates the [[cardiopulmonary bypass]] machine (heart–lung machine) during [[cardiac surgery]] and other surgeries that require cardiopulmonary bypass to manage the patient's physiological status.<ref name="thiperf2019" /> As a member of the cardiovascular surgical team, the perfusionist helps maintain [[blood flow]] to the body's tissues as well as regulate levels of [[oxygen]] and [[carbon dioxide]] in the blood, using a heart–lung machine.<ref name="thiperf2019">{{cite web |title=What is a Perfusionist? |url=https://www.texasheart.org/heart-health/heart-information-center/topics/what-is-a-perfusionist/ |website=Texas Heart Institute |publisher=Texas Heart Institute |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref>