Abstract
Although it is well established that heparin-coated extracorporeal circuits reduce complement activation during cardiac operations, little in vivo information is available on the reduction in alternative and classic pathway activation. In a prospective, randomized study involving patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with standard full heparinization, we compared heparin-coated circuits (Duraflo II) (10 patients) with uncoated circuits (10 patients) and assessed the extent of initiation of complement activation by detecting iC3 (C3b-like C3) concentrations, classic pathway activation by C4b/c (C4b, iC4b, C4c) concentrations, terminal pathway activation by soluble C5b-9 concentrations, and C3 activation by C3a (C3a desArg) and C3b/c (C3b, iC3b, C3c) concentrations. Heparin-coated extracorporeal circuits significantly reduced circulating complement activation product C3b/c and soluble C5b-9 concentrations at the end of cardiopulmonary bypass and after protamine sulfate administration compared with the uncoated circuits, but not iC3, C4b/c, or C3a concentrations. Heparin-coated extracorporeal circuits reduce complement activation through the alternative complement pathway, probably at the C3 convertase level, and, co...Continue Reading
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