Warm heart surgery in cold haemagglutinin disease

F Donatelli; M A Mariani; M Triggiani; M Pocar; F Santoro; A Grossi

doi:10.1016/0967-2109(95)90893-a

Warm heart surgery in cold haemagglutinin disease

Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Apr;3(2):191-2. doi: 10.1016/0967-2109(95)90893-a.

Authors

F Donatelli¹, M A Mariani, M Triggiani, M Pocar, F Santoro, A Grossi

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease, University of Milan, Scientific Institute H.S. Raffaele, Italy.

PMID: 7606405
DOI: 10.1016/0967-2109(95)90893-a

Abstract

Continuous warm retrograde blood cardioplegia and systemic normothermia are a promising method for heart surgery in patients with cold autoimmune disorders in order to avoid the adverse effects of both systemic and coronary hypothermia during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass. A 59-year-old white man with cold haemagglutinin disease who underwent coronary surgery using continuous retrograde normothermic blood cardioplegia and systemic normothermia is reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications*
Heart Arrest, Induced / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Revascularization / methods*
Temperature