A method and system for performing a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure are provided. The method includes accessing a source of blood in a patient body from which source the blood is to be passed through a cardiopulmonary bypass machine, drawing blood from the source through the cardiopulmonary bypass machine and introducing the blood into an aortic artery of the patient body through a plurality of separate passages, after the blood has been passed through the cardiopulmonary bypass machine. The system includes a cardiopulmonary bypass machine, a tubular member coupled to an outlet port of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine and a plurality of separate needle members connected in fluid flow communication with the tubular member, the needle members being arranged to be connected in fluid flow communication with an aortic artery, during a cardiopulmonary bypass procedure.