PMID- 15939621 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051017 LR - 20061115 IS - 1010-7940 (Print) IS - 1010-7940 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 1 DP - 2005 Jul TI - Comparison of minimally invasive closed circuit extracorporeal circulation with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass and with off-pump technique in CABG patients: selected parameters of coagulation and inflammatory system. PG - 127-32 AB - OBJECTIVE: Closed circuit extracorporeal circulation (CCECC) has been developed to reduce deleterious effects of standard cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study compares the effects of CCECC (CORx system), CPB, and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) on red blood cell damage, coagulation activation, fibrinolysis and cytokine expression. METHODS: Thirty patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Twenty of them were randomized into two groups: CCECC (n = 10), CPB (n = 10). While not randomized, OPCAB (n = 10) served as a separate reference group. CCECC and CPB patients received cardioplegic arrest. Interleukin 6 (IL-6), free hemoglobin (fHb), von Willebrand factor activity (vWf), thrombin-antithrombin-III-complex (TATc), prothrombin fragment 1.2 (F 1+2) and plasmin-antiplasmin complex (PAPc) were assessed preoperatively, perioperatively and 24 h postoperatively. RESULTS: CCECC showed significantly lower red blood cell damage than CPB (fHb: CCECC, 7.1+/- 5.7 micromol/l; CPB, 16.8+/-11.4 micromol/l; P = 0.025; OPCAB, 3.4+/-1.1 micromol/l). Perioperatively, CCECC exhibited significantly lower activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis than CPB, but did not differ from OPCAB (vWf: CCECC, 133+/-52%; CPB, 241+/-128%; P = 0.052; OPCAB, 153+/-58%; TATc: CCECC, 4.7+/-0.9 ng/ml; CPB, 31.1+/-15.8 ng/ml; P < 0.001; OPCAB, 2.4+/-0.6 ng/ml; PAPc: CCECC, 214+/-30 ng/ml; CPB, 897+/-367 ng/ml; P < 0.001; OPCAB, 253+/-98 ng/ml). In contrast, fibrinolysis markers and IL-6 were markedly increased in CCECC postoperatively (PAPc: CCECC, 458+/-98 ng/ml; CPB, 159+/-128 ng/ml; P < 0.001; OPCAB, 262+/-174 ng/ml; IL-6: CCECC, 123.4+/-49.8 pg/dl; CPB, 18.8+/-13.1 pg/dl; P < 0.001; OPCAB, 31.6+/-26.2 pg/dl). CONCLUSIONS: CCECC for CABG is associated with a significant reduction of red blood cell damage and activation of coagulation cascades similar to OPCAB when compared with conventional CPB while a delayed fibrinolytic and inflammatory activity was observed. These findings require further investigation to verify the promising concept of CCECC. FAU - Wippermann, Jens AU - Wippermann J AD - Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena-Lobeda, Germany. jens.wippermann@med.uni-jena.de FAU - Albes, Johannes M AU - Albes JM FAU - Hartrumpf, Martin AU - Hartrumpf M FAU - Kaluza, Mirko AU - Kaluza M FAU - Vollandt, Rudiger AU - Vollandt R FAU - Bruhin, Raimund AU - Bruhin R FAU - Wahlers, Thorsten AU - Wahlers T LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PL - Germany TA - Eur J Cardiothorac Surg JT - European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery JID - 8804069 RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) SB - IM MH - Acute-Phase Reaction MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Blood Coagulation MH - Cardiopulmonary Bypass MH - Coronary Artery Bypass/*methods MH - Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump MH - Extracorporeal Circulation/*methods MH - Female MH - Fibrinolysis MH - Hemolysis MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/blood MH - Interleukin-6/blood MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Platelet Activation MH - Platelet Count MH - Postoperative Period EDAT- 2005/06/09 09:00 MHDA- 2005/10/18 09:00 CRDT- 2005/06/09 09:00 PHST- 2004/09/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/03/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/03/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/10/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1010-7940(05)00275-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.03.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Jul;28(1):127-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.03.032.