Author:
Kitagawa Tetsuya,Katoh Itsuo,Fukumura Yoshiaki,Yoshizumi Masanori,Masuda Yutaka,Hori Takaki
Abstract
AbstractThe aim of the study was to determine the optimal size and technique for construction of the systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt which will provide suitable pulmonary blood flow in first-stage Norwood palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome in neonates. Our clinical experience suggested that an arterial oxygen tension of about 30 mm Hg immediately after cardiopulmonary bypass, with the patients being ventilated at the lowest possible mean airway pressure with an FiO2of 1.0, provided a suitable pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio. We also aimed to clarify the characteristics of pulmonary blood flow in accordance with the size of the shunt and the change in the pulmonary vascular resistance in a simplified rigid model of the Norwood procedure. A hole of2.0 mm diameter proved adequate to provide a suitable pulmonary blood flow of 200−300 mlx002F;min in the presence of a pressure gradient of 20−40 mm Hg between the systemic and pulmonary circulations in neonates weighing 3 kg. A short central shunt with a prosthesis of4 mm in diameter produced an excessive flow of pulmonary blood. Our data suggest that using a smaller shunt than that commonly used is necessary to decrease the early and intermediate postoperative mortality. A prosthesis of 3.0 or 3.5 mm in diameter arising from the brachiocephalic artery would be acceptable and can be recommended for first-stage Norwood palliation in small infants, especially in view of the operative difficulties encountered in taking down the shunt at the time of subsequent operations.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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