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I'm Suzi Gleason. I'm supervisor of the

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perfusion department at the Heart

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Hospital, Baylor Plano. I've been using

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CarbonAid for about the past 12 years.

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I really am sold on CarbonAid. I

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think it is the standard of care.

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I can feel very confident that at

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the end of bypass that we've

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completely de-aired the heart and we've

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given the patient the best opportunity

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for the best neurologic outcome post op.

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I can remember before we flooded

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the field with CO2 and the

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intensive care units would have many,

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many patients with neurologic deficit

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post pump sequelae that were terrible

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that they had to live with.

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Then we went to a single

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tube flooding the operative field with

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CO2. It seemed to help, but

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not that much. But then when CarbonAid

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came along, it just brought a whole

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new world to being able to open

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the heart, do what you need, close

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it, and be confident that your patient

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was going to be okay. CarbonAid is

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very easy to incorporate. In fact, it

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will make your life so much easier as

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a perfusionist because your pump time

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will be shorter because the de-airing

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will be so much easier. But better than

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that, and so important to me is, you

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know, and you feel confident that this

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patient got the very best of care. They

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actually got what I consider the standard

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of care. And they'll have the best

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chance at an excellent neurologic outcome

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post bypass.