Open AccessPrevention of hemorrhagic complications during operations on the thoracic aorta
Author(s) -
D. S. Panfilov,
B. N. Kozlov,
В. В. Затолокин,
I. V. Ponomarenko,
I. A. Khodashinsky,
В. М. Шипулин
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rossijskij kardiologičeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.141
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2618-7620
pISSN - 1560-4071
DOI - 10.15829/1560-4071-2018-11-70-76
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracic aorta , cardiothoracic surgery , circulatory system , aortic arch , aorta , brachiocephalic artery , cerebral perfusion pressure , perfusion , elephant trunks , anesthesia , cardiac surgery , surgery , cardiology
Aim. To assess the efficiency of guideline for the prevention of hemorrhagic complications in the early postoperative period. Material and methods. In the period from 2008 to 2017, 166 patients with pathology of the thoracic aorta were operated. The patients were divided into 2 comparable groups: group 1 — patients with reconstructed aortic arch of the type “Hemiarch” (group “hemiarch”, n=90), group 2 — patients with fully reconstructed aortic arch (group “arch”, n=76). All operations were performed with artificial blood circulation, circulatory arrest with moderate hypothermia (2528° C) and unilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion through the brachiocephalic trunk. Results. The reconstructions of the thoracic aorta in patients of the “hemiarch” group were accompanied by significantly less period of artificial blood circulation (p=0,027), cardiac arrest period (p=0,012), duration of circulatory arrest (p=0,019), and duration of antegrade brain perfusion (p=0,021). The volume of discharge through the drainage was 350 [192;506] ml and 400 [250;723] ml in the “hemiarch” and “arch” groups, respectively (p=0,29). Patients of the “arch” group more often required transfusion of packed red cells (p=0,003), fresh frozen plasma (p=0,0006), platelet concentrate (p=0,002) in comparison with patients of the “hemiarch” group. At the same time, the frequency of bleeding requiring reoperation was comparable in both groups (5,6% versus 5,3%, p=0,969). The 30day mortality also had no statistically significant differences in patients of the “hemiarch” and “arch” groups (3,3% versus 9,2%, p=0,119). Conclusion. The frequency of hemorrhagic complications requiring reoperation in patients with a fully or partially reconstructed aortic arch does not have significant differences when using the guideline for preventing of hemorrhagic complications, which makes it possible to provide acceptable frequency of bleeding episodes and reoperations in the early postoperative period.