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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 97, 764-770, Copyright © 1989 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Different oxygenators for cardiopulmonary bypass lead to varying degrees of human complement activation in vitro

V Videm, E Fosse, TE Mollnes, O Ellingsen, T Pedersen and H Karlsen
Institute for Experimental Medical Research, University of Oslo, Norway.

Complement activation was studied in vitro with six different membrane and bubble oxygenators for cardiopulmonary bypass. There was a similar increase in terminal (C5 to C9) activation with all oxygenators (p less than 0.001), ranging from 281% (117% to 444%) to 453% (225% to 680%) after 60 minutes (median and 95% confidence intervals). C3 activation was not observed with a hollow fiber membrane and a soft shell bubble oxygenator. On the other hand, a capillary membrane, a sheet membrane, a nonporous membrane, and a hard shell bubble oxygenator all induced a similar increase in C3 activation (p less than 0.01), ranging from 107% (23% to 346%) to 272% (88% to 395%) after 60 minutes. The differences in C3 activation could not be explained by the blood contact materials or any other single factor known to induce activation, which suggests that overall complement activation during cardiopulmonary bypass is a multifactorial effect. The tubing set per se induced only minor C3 activation but contributed to the overall formation of terminal complement complex. The study further indicates that an arterial line blood filter prevents activated neutrophils from being reinfused to the patient and should be used regardless of type of oxygenator.

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