The Effect of Repeat Cardiopulmonary bypass on Epicardial Microflow and Graft Flow during Intra-operative Heart Failure

摘要

Objective The relationship between graft blood flow, epicardial microflow,mean arterial pressure and hemorheologic changes was studied during intraoperative heart failure.Methods These parameters were done to evaluate the use of repeated cardiopulmonary bypass supportfor the intraoperative heart failure following aorto-coronary bypass surgery. Included in this study were10 patients with a mean age of 7 0 and unstable angina undergoing coronary bypass grafting and suffer-ing from intraoperative heart failure. The epicardiai microflow, graft flow, mean arterial pressureand blood cell filterability were measured. Resluts During heart failure, the mean arterial pressurefell by 41 % ( P ＜ 0. 01 ), graft flow by 67 % ( P ＜ 0. 01 ) and epicardialmicro flow by 64 % ( P ＜0. 01 ). After 1 5 to 56 min of assisted cardiopulmonary bypass support, the epicardial mioroflow andgraft flow were partially restored, while red cell and white cell filterability was reduced by 31% and644 % respectively ( P ＜ 0. 01 ). There were significant correlations between graft flow, epicardial mi-croflow, blooxd cell filterability and cardiopulmonary bypass time. All patients recovered and were dis-charged from the hospital. Conclusion It is concluded that the use of temporary assisted CPB sup-port to treat intrapoperative heart failure allows the recovery of the myocardium and thereby restores themean arterial pressure. The recovery of graft flow and epicardial flow occurred to a lesser extent. TheCPB support seemed to be suitable for about 60 rain probably because of increasing disturbance to theblood cell filterability, graft flow and the epicardial microcirculation.