• Department of Cardiac Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, P. R. China;
DONGNian-guo, Email: dongnianguo@hotmail.com
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Objective To summarize cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) management experience in tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) infants weighing less than 8 kg. Methods A total of 120 TOF infants weighing less than 8 kg received surgical repair in Wuhan Union Hospital from July 2009 to August 2013. There were 85 males and 35 females with their age of 1-18 months and body weight of 4-8 kg.The diagnosis of all the patients was made with echocardiography and diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Moderate hypothermia or profoundly hypothermic CPB with low-flow perfusion was used according to different surgical procedures. Imported membrane oxygenators and 4:1 cold blood cardioplegia were used. Zero-balance ultrafiltration during CPB and modified ultrafiltration during rewarming were performed. Results CPB time was 65-200 (115.3±9.6) minutes, and aortic cross-clamping time was 40-110 (60.3 ±10.2) minutes. A total of 112 patients received moderate hypothermia and low-or moderate-flow perfusion, and 8 patients received profound hypothermia and low-flow perfusion. Ultrafiltration volume was 780.5±50.3 ml, and hematocrit (HCT) increased to 0.35-0.40 after modified ultrafiltra-tion. Heart beat was automatically recovered in 114 patients (95%) after aortic unclamping. Weaning off CPB was successful in 119 patients, and 1 patient received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation because of difficult weaning from CPB. Postoperative mechanical ventilation time was 26.5±14.5 hours, and length of ICU stay was 121.5±16.5 hours. Five patients died of low cardiac output syndrome, and the other 115 patients were discharged successfully. Conclusion Appropriate hemodilution and colloidal pump priming solutions, perfusion methods suitable with surgical procedures, 4:1 cold blood-potassium cardioplegia, continuous zero-balance ultrafiltration during CPB and modified ultrafiltration during rewarming to maintain reasonable HCT and colloid osmotic pressure are all crucial factors in CPB management for surgical repair of TOF in infants.

Citation: LIPing, DONGNian-guo, DUXin-ling, ZHAOYang. Cardiopulmonary Bypass Management for Tetralogy of Fallot Infants Weighing Less Than 8 kg. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014, 21(4): 486-489. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20140138 Copy

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