ABSTRACT. Open heart surgery was performed on two groups of dogs under extracorporeal circulation with or without hypothermia to investigate hemodynamic changes during extracorporeal circulation. During hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), arterial O 2 tension and postoperative blood pressure were favorably maintained, indicating that hypothermic extracorporeal circulation can be performed for a long period of time. On the other hand, during normothermic CPB, the average surgical duration was significantly shorter, and marked shifts in the concentrations of various enzymes were suppressed. However, due to reductions in arterial O 2 tension, the length of cardiac arrest time was restricted, demonstrating that this method is suitable for performing extracorporeal circulation for CPB of relatively short duration. If circulation circuitry can be improved, such as through the development of a surpassing oxygenator, normothermic CPB would incur less stress on the body, thus making it preferential to hypothermic CPB in most cases.-KEY WORDS: canine, extracorporeal circulation, hypothermia, normothermia.J. Vet. Med. Sci. 61(4): 331-336, 1999 normothermic CPB in humans have yet to be fully clarified. The present study investigate the effect of extracorporeal circulation using an artificial heart-lung machine with or without hypothermia on pathophysiology of dogs (in particular, hemodynamics).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Animals:Fourteen clinically healthy male beagles were examined. All dogs were cared for in accordance with the experimental animal guidelines of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. The animals were randomly divided into two groups. Group H (hypothermic CPB, age 2.2 ± 1.2 years (mean ± standard error), weight 10.0 ± 0.8 kg, n=7), in which their body temperature was reduced to 24-26°C, and Group N (normothermic CPB, age 2.0 ± 0.4 years, weight 10.4 ± 0.3kg, n=7), in which their body temperature was maintained at 36°C. To obtain clinically useful data, open heart surgery was performed assuming that the dogs would live for at least one month after surgery.Surgical technique and cardiopulmonary bypass system: Dilation and remodeling of the right ventricular outflow tract of all dogs was performed using a patch graft technique as if they had pulmonary stenosis. The artificial heart-lung machine (NAPS-III, Fig. 1) [18,19,21] that was used in the present study consists of three two-roller pumps, a membrane oxygenator, a heat exchanger, and a circuit. Before starting extracorporeal circulation, the machine was primed with lactated Ringer solution, 5% glucose, 7% sodium bicarbonate, and 20% mannitol, without using whole blood. The dogs were pretreated with atropine sulfate (0.04 mg/kg) and acepromazine maleate (0.4 mg/kg), and whenCurrent techniques in open heart surgery in humans involve establishing extracorporeal circulation using an artificial heart-lung machine. In this method, the artificial heart-lung machine performs systemic respiration and circulation so that the heart can be temporarily sto...