{"title":"Commentary: Diffuse Coronary Artery Vasospasm Following Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With Scleroderma","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.029","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142055635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison Between Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Cardioplegia and Cold Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection in Tetralogy of Fallot Patients Undergoing Surgical Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.038","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) cardioplegia and cold blood cardioplegia (CBC), especially for postoperative right ventricular (RV) function after tetralogy of Fallot repair.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Randomized, double-blinded, parallel-group, controlled clinical trial.</div></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><div>Ain Shams University Hospitals.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>A total of 100 children (1 to 5 years old) scheduled for tetralogy of Fallot repair.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>Patients were allocated (double-blinded 1:1 allocation ratio) to either the HTK group that received HTK cardioplegia (30 mL/kg via antegrade route) or the CBC group that received cold blood cardioplegia with blood-to-Ringer solution (4:1) in a volume of 20 mL/kg.</div></div><div><h3>Measurements and Main Results</h3><div>The HTK group showed a statistically significant reduction of the vasoactive inotropic score on admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (13.0 ± 4.1) in comparison to the CBC group (15.5 ± 5.4), with a p value of 0.011. However, after 24 hours, the vasoactive-inotropic score was comparable. Lactate level during the first 24 hours was 6.2 ± 0.7 mmol/L in the HTK group and 6.9 ± 0.4 mmol/L in the CBC group (p < 0.0001). Serial troponin measurements were lower in the HTK group (1.49 ± 0.45) compared to the CBC group (1.69 ± 0.18) at the first 72 hours postoperatively (p = 0.005). Postoperative echocardiographic assessment of RV function by means of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and myocardial performance index were better in the HTK group than in the CBC grpup (p < 0.05).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>HTK cardioplegia may offer better cardiac protection to pediatric patients undergoing tetralogy of Fallot repair than our institutional standard CBC with better recovery for the hypertrophic RV.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hyperoxia and VA-ECMO Outcomes: Getting to the Heart of the Problem","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.032","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141838514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alpha-Gal Syndrome and Cardiac Surgery","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.035","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal) is a carbohydrate expressed by all mammals except for humans and certain old-world primates. It can be found in a plethora of products derived from mammals, including milk, organs, skeletal muscle and gelatin, in addition to products prepared with mammalian cells or constituents. In the late 2000s, an association between tick bites and the development of immunoglobulin E antibodies to the alpha-gal carbohydrate was discovered. The term “alpha-gal syndrome” (AGS) was then coined to describe allergic reactions to mammalian meat or other alpha-gal–containing products derived from mammals. Symptoms are often delayed several hours from consumption and can be urticarial and/or gastrointestinal. Medications and bioprosthetic inserts derived from mammals were also noted to cause allergic reactions in affected patients. Cardiac surgery, in particular, is considered high risk, given that unfractionated heparin has a bovine or porcine origin and is administered in large doses for cardiopulmonary bypass. Bioprosthetic valves have similar origins and risks. Awareness of AGS in cardiac surgery patients can lead to decreased risk preoperatively and inform management perioperatively and postoperatively. In this narrative review, we have reviewed the published literature relevant to AGS in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and shared our treatment approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141851906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of 4% Albumin and Ringer's Acetate on Hemodynamics in On-pump Cardiac Surgery: An Exploratory Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.025","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>Compare hemodynamics between 4% albumin and Ringer's acetate.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>Exploratory analysis of the double-blind randomized ALBumin In Cardiac Surgery trial.</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Single-center study in Helsinki University Hospital.</p></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><p>We included 1,386 on-pump cardiac surgical patients.</p></div><div><h3>Intervention</h3><p>We used 4% albumin or Ringer's acetate administration for cardiopulmonary bypass priming, volume replacement intraoperatively and 24 hours postoperatively.</p></div><div><h3>Measurements and Main Results</h3><p>Hypotension (time-weighted average mean arterial pressure of <65 mmHg) and hyperlactatemia (time-weighted average blood lactate of >2 mmol/L) incidences were compared between trial groups in the operating room (OR), and early (0-6 hours) and late (6-24 hours) postoperatively. Associations of hypotension and hyperlactatemia with the ALBumin In Cardiac Surgery primary outcome (≥1 major adverse event [MAE]) were studied. In these time intervals, hypotension occurred in 118, 48, and 17 patients, and hyperlactatemia in 313, 131, and 83 patients. Hypotension and hyperlactatemia associated with MAE occurrence. Hypotension did not differ between the groups (albumin vs Ringer's: OR, 8.8% vs 8.5%; early postoperatively, 2.7% vs 4.2%; late postoperatively, 1.2% vs 1.3%; all p > 0.05). In the albumin group, hyperlactatemia was less frequent late postoperatively (2.9% vs 9.1%; p < 0.001), but not earlier (OR, 22.4% vs 23.6%; early postoperatively, 7.9% vs 11.0%; both p > 0.025 after Bonferroni-Holm correction).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In on-pump cardiac surgery, hypotension and hyperlactatemia are associated with the occurrence of ≥1 MAE. Compared with Ringer's acetate, albumin did not decrease hypotension and decreased hyperlactatemia only late postoperatively. Albumin's modest hemodynamic effect is concordant with the finding of no difference in MAEs between albumin and Ringer's acetate in the ALBumin In Cardiac Surgery trial.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053077024004622/pdfft?md5=e3829b209bca515802a0b713c2aadd4d&pid=1-s2.0-S1053077024004622-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141845391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noninvasive Ventilation to Preoxygenate for Emergency Intubation? Not so Fast","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.031","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141838907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sudden Failure of Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device Immediately After Implantation","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.027","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141849887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Cardiac Surgery in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Strategy for Cardiogenic Shock","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.023","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141693815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Fontan Circulation in Pregnancy: Hemodynamic Challenges and Anesthetic Considerations","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.021","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pregnancy in patients with Fontan physiology presents unique challenges due to altered cardiovascular dynamics inherent to both conditions. The Fontan procedure reroutes venous blood directly to the pulmonary arteries, bypassing the heart, and necessitating precise regulation of pulmonary venous resistance and systemic venous pressure to maintain effective cardiac output. The significant cardiovascular adaptations required during pregnancy to meet the metabolic demands of the mother and fetus can overburden the limited preload capacity and venous compliance in Fontan patients, predisposing them to a spectrum of potential complications, including arrhythmias, heart failure, thromboembolism, and obstetric and fetal risks. This review delineates the essential physiological adaptations during pregnancy and the challenges faced by Fontan patients, advocating for a comprehensive care approach involving multidisciplinary collaboration, vigilant monitoring, tailored anesthetic management, and postpartum care. Understanding the complex dynamics between Fontan physiology and pregnancy is crucial for anesthesiologists to develop and execute individualized management strategies to minimize risks and optimize outcomes for this high-risk population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141705559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standard versus High Cardiopulmonary Bypass Flow Rate: A Randomized Controlled Subtrial Comparing Brain Injury Biomarker Release","authors":"","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.017","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To compare brain injury biomarker release levels between two different cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) flow rates in elective cardiac surgery and to explore differences in postoperative delirium between groups and associations between age, sex, CPB time, oxygen levels, and near-infrared spectroscopy, and biomarker levels.</p></div><div><h3>Design</h3><p>A randomized controlled substudy trial</p></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><p>Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden</p></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><p>Forty patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with CPB</p></div><div><h3>Intervention</h3><p>Patients were assigned at random to either a standard (2.4 L/min/m<sup>2</sup>) or a high (2.9 L/min/m<sup>2</sup>) CPB flow rate.</p></div><div><h3>Measurements and Main Results</h3><p>Glial fibrillary acidic protein, neurofilament light chain, total-tau, and phosphorylated-tau217 were sampled in plasma before anesthesia induction, after 60 minutes on CPB, and at 30 minutes, 24 hours, and 72 hours post-CPB. Mixed models for repeated measures were used to analyze differences in biomarker levels between groups and to assess relationships, which showed no differences between the 2 flow rate groups. There also was no difference in the occurrence of delirium between the 2 groups. Associations were found between age and increased neurofilament light chain levels. Female sex, oxygen delivery >330 mL/min/m<sup>2</sup>, and near-infrared spectroscopy level >60% were associated with lower biomarker levels.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>An increased flow rate did not have any significant effects on biomarker levels compared to a standard flow rate. Several associations were identified between treatment characteristics and biomarker levels. No difference in delirium was seen.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053077024004531/pdfft?md5=c3756fc7767aab26adfab94c35102fc3&pid=1-s2.0-S1053077024004531-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141689373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}