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The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest on blood viscoelasticity and cerebral blood flow in a neonatal piglet model

Akif Ündar

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Cullen Cardiovascular Surgery Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, aundar{at}bcm.tmc.edu

William K Vaughn

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

John H Calhoon

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) on the viscoelasticity (viscosity and elasticity) of blood and global and regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) in a neonatal piglet model.

After initiation of CPB, all animals (n = 3) were subjected to core cooling for 20 min to reduce the piglets’ nasopharyngeal temperatures to 18°C. This was followed by 60 min of DHCA, then 45 min of rewarming. During cooling and rewarming, the alpha-stat technique was used. Arterial blood samples were taken for viscoelasticity measurements and differently labeled microspheres were injected at pre-CPB, pre- and post-DHCA, 30 and 60 min after CPB for global and regional cerebral blood flow calculations. Viscosity and elasticity were measured at 2 Hz, 22°C and at a strain of 0.2, 1, and 5 using a Vilastic-3 Viscoelasticity Analyzer.

Elasticity of blood at a strain = 1 decreased to 32%, 83%, 57%, and 61% (p = 0.01, ANOVA) while the viscosity diminished 8.4%, 38%, 22%, 26% compared to the baseline values (p = 0.01, ANOVA) at pre-DHCA, post-DHCA, 30 and 60 min after CPB, respectively. The viscoelasticity of blood at a strain of 0.2 and 5 also had similar statistically significant drops (p < 0.05). Global and regional cerebral blood flow were also decreased 30%, 66%, 64% and 63% at the same experimental stages (p < 0.05, ANOVA).

CPB procedure with 60 min of DHCA significantly alters the blood viscoelasticity, global and regional cerebral blood flow. These large changes in viscoelasticity may have a significant impact on organ blood flow, particularly in the brain.

Perfusion, Vol. 15, No. 2, 121-128 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/026765910001500206
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