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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;110:768-0773
© 1995 Mosby, Inc.

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, MYOCARDIAL MANAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TECHNIQUES

Regional generation of free oxygen radicals during cardiopulmonary bypass in children

Helsinki, Finland, and Uppsala, Sweden

Supported by the Foundation for Pediatric Research, Academy of Finland,and the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation.

Received for publication Oct. 27, 1994. Accepted for publication Feb. 13, 1995. Address for reprints: Eero J. Personen, MD, Children's Hospital, Stenbackinkatu 11, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

Studies on free radical generation during cardiopulmonary bypass have focused mainly on the heart and the lungs. However, low pumping pressure, nonpulsatile perfusion, and hypothermia affect the entire circulation, resulting in decreased splanchnic blood flow, increased intestinal permeability, and endotoxemia. To evaluate regional phenomena, we studied 16 children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Free radical production, granulocyte activation, and hypoxanthine metabolism were assessed separately in the circulations drained by the inferior and superior venae cavae, as well as in the oxygenator. Three minutes after the onset of cardiopulmonary bypass, significant gradients between the inferior vena cava and the arterial line of the oxygenator existed in malondialdehyde (+0.60±0.12µmol/L, lactoferrin (+18.21±7.65µg/L), myeloperoxidase (+53.75±16.50µg/L), hypoxanthine (-0.62±0.15µmol/L), and urate (+8.87±4.03µmol/L). These gradients decreased in parallel with decreasing body temperature. Except for a transient gradient in malondialdehyde at 3 minutes after the onset of cardiopulmonary bypass (+0.23±0.08µmol/L), no changes were detected between the superior vena cava and the arterial line. In the oxygenator, granulocyte activation was observed only after aortic declamping. We conclude that during cardiopulmonary bypass, significant free radical generation, granulocyte activation, hypoxanthine elimination, and urate production take place in the region drained by the inferior vena cava. In the oxygenator, granulocyte activation occurs only after aortic declamping. (J THORACCARDIOVASCSURG1995;110: 768-73)

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