She responded very promptly, indicating that this student was confident. A sharp look flashed in Du Yeqing's eyes as he instructed, "Do as she said, adjust the heart rate to fifty beats per minute."
Doctor Pang adjusted the artificial heart-lung machine, and the patient's heart rate rose again.
Blood started oozing from a spot again, something the surgical team had been eyeing. The Separation Clamp immediately and precisely inserted at the bleeding site, separating the invisible fissure. This fissure happened to lead to the right ventricle, close to the mass attached to the ventricular wall seen on the CT scan. The surgeon promptly removed the foreign body, tentatively identified by the naked eye as a thrombus, and sent it for a rapid pathological examination to ensure safety. While suturing, the Chief Surgeon instructed the Extracorporeal Circulation Technician, "Continue with the heart rate she suggested."
