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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1901-1906
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: cardiovascular

Effect of hemofiltrated whole blood pump priming on hemodynamics and respiratory function after the arterial switch operation in neonates

^a Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication June 4, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Nagashima, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162, Japan
e-mail: mitsugi{at}aqua.plala.or.jp

Background. Primed blood might have some deleterious effects on neonates during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) due to unbalanced electrolytes and inflammatory mediators. We hemofiltrated pump-primed blood before CPB to reduce inflammatory mediators and to adjust pH and the concentrations of electrolytes. The current study investigated the effects of hemofiltrated whole blood priming on hemodynamics and respiratory function after CPB in neonates.

Methods. Patients who underwent the arterial switch operation in the neonatal period for transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum were chosen for this study. Seventeen patients underwent CPB with hemofiltrated blood priming (group HF) and 23 patients underwent CPB with nonhemofiltrated blood priming (group N). The concentrations of electrolytes and bradykinin and high molecular weight kininogen of the primed blood before and after hemofiltration were measured. At 4 hours after completion of CPB, the left ventricular percent fractional shortening, and the relation between the mean velocity of shortening and the end-systolic wall stress (stress velocity index), were measured by echocardiogram in 7 patients in group HF and 6 patients in group N. Alveolar - arterial oxygen tension difference (AaDO₂) and respiratory index (AaDO₂ divided by arterial oxygen tension) were measured at several points for 48 hours after CPB in all patients.

Results. Hemofiltration of the primed blood maintained electrolytes within a physiologic level and significantly reduced the concentrations of bradykinin (5,649 ± 1,353 pg/mL versus 510 ± 35 pg/mL, p < 0.05) and high molecular weight kininogen (52.7% ± 3.2% versus 40.1% ± 3.0% of normal plasma value, p < 0.05). The percent of fractional shortening at 4 hours after completion of CPB was significantly higher in group HF (n = 7) than in group N (n = 6) (22.0% ± 0.7% versus 16.0% ± 0.4%, p < 0.01). There was also a trend toward better stress velocity index in group HF than in group N (0.81 ± 0.81 versus -2.17 ± 0.45, p = 0.09). AaDO₂ and respiratory index were significantly lower in group HF than in group N for 48 hours after CPB, respectively (p < 0.05).

Conclusions. Hemofiltrated fresh whole blood used for CPB priming attenuated cardiac impairment at early reperfusion periods and reduced pulmonary dysfunction in neonates with transposition of the great arteries with intact ventricular septum. This therapeutic strategy may have an advantage in preventing lung and heart dysfunction in pediatric patients who need CPB priming with blood.

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